Dr. Lize A.E. Booysen
Dr. Lize A.E. Booysen is an internationally recognized scholar-practitioner in the field of leadership, culture, and diversity. With 40 years of experience in leadership and research and a 32-year career in higher education, Lize has served thousands of leaders in educational institutions, corporate organizations, government agencies, and nonprofits as an educator, facilitator, consultant, trainer, or coach. Lize uses a strength-based co-active coaching approach and particularly enjoys working with organizational leaders, optimizing their potential and sphere of influence as they move into broader leadership roles. She focuses on developing authentic and relational leadership practices utilizing a systems and contextual approach to the leadership process. Her teaching and coaching draw on her understanding of leadership and change theory and practice, cross-cultural leadership, diversity, inclusion, organizational culture, systems thinking, individual change, and business practice. Lize is full professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and core faculty in the Graduate School of Leadership and Change, Antioch University, adjunct faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) doing executive coaching and research, Extraordinary Professor at the Business School of Stellenbosch University and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lize is also a distinguished fellow of the International Leadership Association (ILA), and past Chair of the Business Leadership Member interest group of the ILA.
Affiliations
PRIMARY AFFILIATION
Full Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Core faculty, Antioch University, Graduate School of Leadership & Change
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Adjunct faculty & Executive Coach -Center for Creative Leadership
Extraordinary Professor – Business School of Stellenbosch University
Inaugural Distinguished fellow – International Leadership Association (ILA)
Serves on the International Research Advisory Board of Gordon Institute Business School, University of Pretoria
