Faculty: Marcia Ruben, PhD
Marcia Ruben, PhD
Title(s):
Tenured Associate Professor, Program Director, MS Leadership
School(s):
Business
Marcia Ruben, Ph.D. joined GGU as an Adjunct Professor of Management in November 2010
and was appointed a Visiting Assistant Professor in July 2012. In January 2013 she
was appointed an Assistant Professor. In May 2014 she was appointed to the Chair of
the Management Department. She has served as an adjunct graduate school professor
of Management and Leadership at Kaplan University.
Dr. Ruben is president of Ruben Consulting Group, Ltd. and has expertise in executive
leadership, team performance, change management, and organizational development. Her
work with clients is grounded in her experience as a senior leader, account executive,
and business consultant. For more than 25 years, she has helped individuals, teams
and companies excel by focusing on the human and organizational system issues that
impact performance and growth. Her consulting and coaching practice ranges from assignments
leading change management efforts for global initiatives, strengthening leadership
team and cross-functional collaboration and coaching executive leaders. Marcia works
with a wide spectrum of industries -- clean technology, high technology, biotechnology,
financial services, retail, private equity, nonprofits, universities, and professional
services firms.
Marcia earned the Certified Management Consultant designation from the Institute of
Management Consultants USA in 2002. This designation is awarded to select consultants
who have demonstrated a history of substantive results for clients, adherence to the
canon of ethics of the Institute of Management Consultants USA, and professional practice
management. The CMC is an ISO certified designation. She also an accredited executive
coach and completed a year-long evidence-based coaching certification program. She
earned the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation
in 2010.
Dr. Ruben earned her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate
University, and is currently working on a book based on her doctoral research. She
earned an M.A. in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University
and an M.S. in Counseling from California State University, Hayward. Marcia graduated
Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley. She has co-authored
several articles that are recognized as thought-leaders in the change management and
coaching industry.
COURSES TAUGHT
RESEARCH INTERESTS & AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Executive Coaching
- Leadership/Organization Assessment
- Leadership and Team Effectiveness
- Large Systems Change
EDUCATION
- PhD (human and organizational systems), Fielding Graduate University
- MA (human and organizational systems), Fielding Graduate University
- MS (counseling), California State University, Hayward
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Tangles: Transforming Hidden Forces That Strangle Great Organizations (forthcoming book): Reveals entanglements that create snags for many organizations. Tangles presents experience-tested tools for surfacing, understanding, and addressing the human and organizational dynamic tangles that threaten productivity and profits.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Evidence-based Coaching Certificate, Fielding Graduate University
- Professional Certified Coach, ICF
- Certified Management Consultant, IMC
- Certified in Assessment tools including: MBTI, DiSC, MIR, HBDI, EQI, Five Dynamics, Lominger