Steven H. Cady, Ph.D., is a Professor of Management serving as the founding Director of the Doctoral Program in Organization Development & Change in the Schmidthorst College of Business at Bowling Green State University.

His Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Research Methods is from Florida State University, with an MBA and a BSBA in Finance from The University of Central Florida. Dr. Cady has over thirty journal publications and books. He serves on the editorial board for Public Integrity and the editorial review boards for the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and Organization Development Review. He has served on the boards of the Academy of Management’s Organization Development & Change Division, National Training Laboratories (NTL), and the International Society for Organization Development and Change (ISODC).

He has served as the Chief Editor of the Organization Development Journal and is co-author of The Change Handbook, 36k+ copies sold in four languages, a PBS program titled Life Inspired, and founder of NEXUS4change, a global network of collaborative change professionals with over 8k members. He has been recognized by the Academy of Management with the Distinguished Educator Award and the Research & Practice in International Management Consulting Award, along with being recognized by his university with the College Outstanding Researcher Award, the BGSU President’s Award for Community Engagement, the Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching with Technology, the BGSU Center for Faculty Excellence Award for Making a Difference, College of Business Faculty Service Award, and the College of Business Award for Engagement with Industry. In addition, he has received the Outstanding Article Award, along with the Communicating OD Knowledge Award from the OD Network.