Expo! Expo! 2016

Jerry Jellison
Professor of Social Psychology
University of Southern California


Dr. Jerry Jellison has been a full professor of social psychology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for over 30 years. He held previous appointments at Duke University, the University of Missouri, and the University of Texas, Austin. Jerry has received multiple teaching excellence awards. His notable courses are Interpersonal Relations and Applied Social Psychology. Jerry served as president and now chairman of the board of the 30,000 member USC Credit Union for twenty-three years and helped lead a 200-fold increase in assets from $2 million to over $400 million. This real world experience informs his ideas on implementing change. Jerry has been teaching his practical techniques for implementing change to business professionals throughout the world for the past 25 years. He has extensive experience consulting with all levels of management. His book, Overcoming Resistance, published by Simon & Schuster, was a Fortune Book Club selection and named a top business book. McGraw Hill published Managing the Dynamics of Change in 2006 and his most recent book, Life After Grad School, was published by Oxford University Press. A highly skilled keynote speaker, Jerry has been addressing audiences throughout the world for over 25 years. He has extensive experience connecting with all levels of management from CEOs to front line supervisors and employees. Audiences immediately recognize that Dr. Jellison provides substantive new practical ideas and tools, as well as being an engaging speaker. Jerry draws on his academic research and his practical experience leading the growth of a major financial organization. The winner of multiple teaching excellence awards, Jerry’s presentations are filled with humor and a phenomenal positive energy. All types of audiences respond to Jerry’s combination of enthusiasm and substance.

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