Gianpiero Petriglieri

Gianpiero Petriglieri’s Background

Gianpiero is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD. His award-winning research and teaching focus on what it means, and what it takes, to become a leader. He is particularly concerned with leading well in the age of “nomadic professionalism,” in which people have deep bonds to work but loose affiliations to organisations.

Building on two decades of experience studying and working with executives and companies around the world, he has refined a unique approach to experiential leadership development that aims to deepen and accelerate the development of individual leaders, as well as to broaden and strengthen leadership communities within and across organisations.

At INSEAD, Gianpiero directs the Management Acceleration Programme, the school’s flagship executive programme for emerging leaders, and chairs the initiative for Learning innovation and Teaching Excellence. He also designs and directs customized leadership development programmes for multinationals in a variety of industries. He speaks widely on how to develop and exercise leadership in fast-changing, uncertain, and diverse workplaces.

Gianpiero has chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on new models of leadership and was recently named one of the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. He has held Visiting Professor positions at the Harvard Business School, and at Copenhagen Business School. Prior to joining INSEAD, he contributed to executive programs and to the MBA at IMD and trained as a medical doctor and psychiatrist.

Current / Past roles and positions

• Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at INSEAD
• Director of INSEAD’s Management Acceleration Programme for emerging leaders
• Academic director of INSEAD’s initiative for learning Innovation & teaching excellence
• Designs and directs experiential development initiatives for global organizations
• Chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership
• Held Visiting Professor posts at Harvard Business School and Copenhagen Business School
• Consultant, coach, and psychotherapist in private practice

Achievements & honours

• Ranked among the world’s top 50 management thinkers by Thinkers50 in 2017
• Shortlisted for ‘future thinker’ (2013), ‘leadership’ (2015), and ‘talent’ (2017) award by Thinkers50
• Harvard Business Review essays included among the ‘ideas that shaped management’ 5 times
• GMAC award for the most significant contribution to graduate management education (2011)
• Winner of numerous awards for teaching excellence

Speaking and presentations

An energetic, erudite, and highly engaging speaker, Gianpiero presents provocative ideas with a gentle touch. He builds interaction into every talk, regardless of duration and audience size. His unique blend of clinical background and experience in the global business world allows him to pay equal attention to leaders’ inner lives and to their social circumstances.

Gianpiero combines cutting-edge research with attentive pre-work, to deliver deep insights and practical advice most relevant to the challenges and aspirations of each audience. Executives at every level and in every industry will be inspired and empowered by his views on how to foster trustworthy leadership, strong communities, and meaningful work.