Dan Denison
Daniel R Denison is Professor Emeritus of Management and Organization. His work on organizational culture and business performance is well known around the world.
Prior to joining IMD in 1999, Denison was an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan Business School, teaching in MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs.
Denison has taught and lived in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology, and anthropology from Albion College and his PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan.
His research, teaching, and consulting focuses on organizational culture and leadership and the impact they have on the performance and effectiveness of organizations and has shown a strong relationship between organizational culture and business performance metrics such as profitability, growth, customer satisfaction, and innovation. He has consulted with many leading corporations regarding organizational change, leadership development, and the cultural issues associated with mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds, and globalization.
Denison’s books include Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: Aligning Culture and Strategy (written with IMD colleague Robert Hooijberg) and Corporate Culture and Organizational Effectiveness. He is also the author of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey and the Denison Leadership Development Surveys. His articles have appeared in leading journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
Denison has primarily been involved in partnership programs with IMD Learning Network companies such as Canon, Deloitte, PMI, Shell, DuPont, and Metso. These custom-designed programs are targeted to transform the organizations and individuals who lead them and are designed to meet the challenges the companies face. He is also Chairman of Denison Consulting, LLC, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan with offices in Europe and Asia.
