Sean Harvey

About Sean Harvey

Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSEd, is an advisor, strategist, and thought leader working at the intersection of men’s engagement, leadership development, bridge building, and systems change. As Founder of the Warrior Compassion Institute (WCI), Sean leads initiatives that engage the hardest to reach men in the hardest to access systems—police, first responders, defense, energy, construction, tech, and essential infrastructure—to humanize leadership and culture from within. His trauma-informed, systems-based approach addresses the deeper drivers of hate, polarization, and extremism while fostering compassion, trust, and humanity in organizations.Through the WCI Method and M-LABB (Men Leading as Bridge Builders) framework, Sean equips leaders to bridge divides, cultivate presence and moral courage, and build cultures of belonging and purpose. His belief is simple yet transformative: when men heal, systems heal.With over 25 years of experience in organizational development and systems change, Sean helps leaders and organizations engage men as a strategic lever for strengthening leadership, culture, and performance. His work connects men’s healing with organizational transformation, helping leaders move from performance to purpose and from managing culture to humanizing it.Sean’s experience includes serving as Head of Personal Transformation and Wellbeing at EILEEN FISHER. Earlier, he led the Talent Consulting Division for Partners International, overseeing 150 consultants and coaches worldwide.As a founding member of Project Compassion, a national coalition of law enforcement and trauma-informed experts, Sean co-developed a compassion-centered consulting approach for law enforcement and public safety agencies to build trust and transform culture.He has served on faculty at Cornell, NYU, and Baruch College and is affiliated with The George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership. He is a Fellow at American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), where he teaches Men, Masculinity, and Extremism.Sean is the author of Warrior Compassion: Unleashing the Healing Power of Men and frequently speaks on Strategic Men’s Engagement: An Untapped Lever for Culture Change. He is a leading voice in men’s healing and transformation, building an elite force of leaders and practitioners through WCI to engage men in hyper-masculine systems, humanize cultures, and heal the divides that fragment our world.He recently launched his new Substack called Dude Psychology: The Unspoken Truths of Men

Experience

1. Gendered Violence Portfolio Fellow

   Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab Peril

   May 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Research Focus: The effect of hyper-masculine systems and mindsets on Warrior culturesCourses Taught: Men, Masculinity & Extremism (Spring 2026)

Education

• Fordham University

  MSEd, Counseling: Orientation - Existential Psychotherapy

  2002 — 2005

• One Spirit Interfaith Seminary

  Interfaith Ministerial Class of 2020: Focus - Men’s Healing Ministry

  2018 — 2020

• Loyola University Chicago

  MSOD, Organization Development

  1997 — 2001

• DePaul University

  BA, Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Organizational Development
• Coaching
• Change Management
• Leadership Development
• Executive Coaching
• Career Development
• Public Speaking
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Workshop Facilitation
• Career Counseling
• Non-Profits
• Mbti
• Staff Development
• Strategic Planning
• Talent Management
• Teaching
• Training
• Instructional Design
• Curriculum Development
• Innovation
• Program Development
• Sustainability
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Management Development
• Communication
• Generational Differences
• Nonprofits
• Human Resources
• Leadership
• Adult Education
• Management
• Management Consulting
• Program Evaluation
• Community Outreach
• Career Management
• Conflict Resolution
• 360 Feedback
• Resume Writing
• Succession Planning
• Organizational Design