Kevin Murnane
Adjunct Professor, Lecturer, Coach and Author @Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
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WORK HISTORY
Adjunct Professor, Lecturer, Coach and Author @Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
Evanston and Chicago, IL, US
Innovative, student-focused Professor. Designed and taught innovative classes for corporate high potential leaders and at the Adult Undergraduate and Masters level, including Kellogg School of Management. Focus areas include Leadership Coaching, Redefining Organizations, Action Learning, Learning and Organizational Change, Consulting Skills, Personal Leadership Insights.Closely works to develop the potential of each leader, including supporting the creation of Kellogg\'s first Buddhism and Zen Club in Fall, 2015. Faculty support for The Good Life program. Delivered first keynote on Mindful Leadership to the new Club. High student and administration ratings have led to repeat business and additional courses, including in Kellogg and the School of Engineering. Each class uses assessments, mindfulness and lean manufacturing tools to focus on weekly action learning, building personal action tool kits, teaching facilitation, and team development and presentations.Kevin was a co-designer and coach for the Action Learning Program in Master\'s Program for Learning and Organizational Change. The initial nine month program become a distinctive and competitive advantage for the graduate program.The action learning project includes complex assessments including the Hogan personality surveys. Students develop learning plans, participate in new action learning curriculum, form teams, develop and deliver an actual client RFP, and implement their recommendations while completing bi-monthly reflections and assignments.Kevin has helped design, deliver and coach Personal Leadership Insights, a popular MBA class. He also teaches executive education students. Programs have included the new Kellogg Leadership Coaching Model, Action Learning, Energizing People for Performance, Strategic Human Resources, and Leadership Coaching, and Evolving Strategies for both corporate and NFP clients. Importantly, the classes link to current research on mindfulness and neuroscience.
EDUCATION
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
MBA, Marketing, Finance, Not-for-Profit
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, Marketing, Finance
College of DuPage
Associates Degree, Communication, Business, Creative Writing and Performing Arts
SKILLS
ABOUT KEVIN MURNANE
In late February, 2026, we face a leadership culture that is Brittle, Anxious, Non-Linear and Incomprehensible (BANI). It is time to Reset. We can begin to understand and listen to the exact challenges facing individuals, teams and cultures, and help change ourselves and our organizations. The urgency is high, and we can begin the necessary changes in this moment. This can feel overwhelming, and there is a path forward to rediscover how to reconfigure Self-Awareness, Connections and Processes that will lead to better and sustainable outcomes.It is time to Reset. We have developed practical decision-making tool-kits that include: mental health and leadership, listening as if the other person has the answer; self-awareness, mindfulness; and communication with vision and values. During 20••••26 five new classes, four new keynotes and three new executive programs, included gaming technology, AI and the emerging global leadership perspectives. Your audiences deserve new experiential tools that are on the cutting edge.Each interaction guides leaders and teams to seamless self-awareness. Kevin lives this mission with coaching, consulting, and Professor at Kellogg and Northwestern Engineering.Imagine team members willing to initiate their growth and change — teams who self-diagnose and immediately adapt. You will watch new teachers emerge in every meeting.Kevin has worked with 70 global business cultures, from Fortune 500 to entrepreneurs. Projects include coaching, action learning, succession management, mindful leadership, complex selection systems, Mental Health, performance management, and executive coaching. Kevin\'s 25 years of mindfulness practice in and loving-kindness and Vipassana meditation to help provide attention and focus. Every year, Kevin participates in at least one four-day silence retreat, with a commitment to continue on-going development at the cutting edge of leadership development.Kevin is Co-author of the Kellogg Personal Leadership Coaching Workbook with three Kellogg professors. He is finishing his next book on the mental health challenges facing leaders and students.Kevin is grateful to Clients and Students who are the best teachers.You can lead the right people doing the right things at the right time. Contact Kevin at 77••••••74.
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