Curtis Odom
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Curtis Odom

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Dr. Curtis Odom is an Associate Teaching Professor of Management and Organizational Development at Northeastern University and a Senior Council Member at the Forbes Coaches Council. Professor Odom, educated as a scholar-practitioner, has experience as a management consultant, which informs his research and teaching philosophy. Professor Odom believes that learning should be experiential and participant-centered and seeks to motivate, inspire, and instill in his students a sense of ownership of their learning journey. His ability to connect academic content to workplace and workforce context is born of his 20-year industry career as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, management consultant, and certified professional coach. Away from Northeastern, Dr. Odom is an experienced entrepreneur, business owner, best-selling author, certified professional coach, and former Fortune 100 executive who consults, coaches, mentors, and teaches from his experience of getting results. His clients hire him for his depth of business knowledge to motivate, educate, and inspire others to achieve higher levels of success, professionally and personally. Dr. Odom aligns leaders’ actions to their vision for their organization, supports them in executing key strategies and tactics to move initiatives forward, and helps them gain critical knowledge necessary for their business and personal success. Dr. Odom is an international award-winning business transformation executive and acclaimed management consultant who provides pragmatic advice, coaching, and guidance to company executives, senior leaders, and management teams. He is often called to lead targeted business transformations by helping organizations compete more effectively and efficiently or make a strategic pivot. Dr. Odom frequently partners with his clients during the seismic shifts an organization must make to accelerate change and strategic growth beyond typical measures or incremental advancements. Curtis earned a Doctor of Education from Pepperdine University and completed Executive Education programs at MIT Sloan School of Management and Cornell University. Before his industry and academic careers, Curtis served on active duty for ten years in the United States Navy, which included being deployed during Operation Desert Storm. Dr. Odom’s books, articles, and interviews have been featured online and in print nationally with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, CNBC, Ebony, The Globe and Mail, Training Magazine, Inc., and many local publications. 
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