Stacy Blake-Beard is a renowned scholar, consultant, speaker, mentor, and coach. Stacy has been affiliated with several academic institutions including Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and Simmons College’s Graduate School of Business. At Harvard, she was a faculty in the Graduate School of Education, sharing her knowledge on organizational behavior and the mentoring of relationships across different social identities. At Simmons, Stacy was the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair of Women and Leadership, where she taught on the topics of organizational leadership and mentoring as a leadership strength. Stacy’s work with academic institutions has taken her as far as India, where she was a member of the visiting faculty at both the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad and the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women in Delhi.
Stacy’s areas of expertise are centered on the challenges and opportunities associated with inclusive leadership. She works with leaders to reinforce the importance and benefits of expanding dimensions of diversity. She is particularly interested in the issues women face as they develop mentoring relationships, as well as the dynamics of formal mentoring programs in both corporate and educational settings. Having worked overseas, Stacy also researches and practices in international contexts, drawing from her global experiences to inform her work.
Stacy continues to explore new avenues for sharing her knowledge beyond the academic world. Most recently, she’s collaborated with Tuck Executive Education and ExecOnline Partners, where her expertise on the topic of Managing Visibility has been adapted for the online program platform. She was also a speaker in the multicultural mentoring series sponsored by the International Mentoring Association and the Voice & Influence video series sponsored by The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.
Stacy’s research on gender, diversity, and mentoring has appeared in a wide range of publications, including the Journal of Career Development, the Academy of Management Executive, the Psychology of Women Quarterly, the Journal of Management Development, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Human Resource Management Journal and The Diversity Factor. Stacy is also a coeditor of both the Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers and Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Creating Change for People, Processes and Paradigms.
Stacy has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including awards from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Robert Toigo Foundation. She is a past recipient of the Fulbright Award, which she received for her project “Systems of Sustenance and Support: Exploring the Impact of Mentoring on the Career Experiences of Indian Women” in partnership with the Center for Leadership, Innovation and Change at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
Stacy sits on the advisory boards of several organizations, including MentorNet, Teen Voices, the Harvard Project on Tenure, the Harvard Medical School Center for the Study of Diversity in Science, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Boston Women of Color Group. She has also served as a representative for the Board of Governors for the Academy of Management.
Stacy has conducted seminars and consulted on a wide range of topics, including:
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging (DEIJB) as a leadership strength
- Mentoring relationships as critical competencies in managing DEIJB
- Building and implementing effective formal mentoring programs
- Bystander awareness as diversity intervention tactics (a two-part series)
- The integration of gender and leadership
- Identifying and addressing unconscious biases
- Managing visibility with direction and courage
- Strategic networking as a path to opportunity
- Custom-designed curriculums and training
Stacy’s diverse list of clients includes Infosys, Dell EMC, American Tower, MetLife, Hewlett Packard, Jobs for the Future, The Partnership, Inc., IBM, Cisco, The Robert Toigo Foundation, Bank of America, Chase Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Swissôtel, PepsiCo, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Linkage, Inc., AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Company, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), The Conference Board, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cambridge Hospital, Boston University, Connecticut College, the University of Connecticut, University of Michigan, University of Texas, University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, University of California, Harvard University, Boston Public School District, The PhD Project, International Mentoring Association, The Compact for Faculty Diversity, and Working Mother Media.
Stacy holds an MA and a PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan and a BS in psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park.
“Stacy is an outstanding thought leader and partner for continuous learning. I have worked with her since 2005 to design and deliver unique content for the participants in our programs. She consistently receives resounding applause for her informed, energetic and engaging style of training, her keen ability to be inclusive with the audience, and the action-oriented messages she shares, which can be embraced by each individual to carry forward. I have recommended her enthusiastically to colleagues, other non-profits—both domestic and international—and corporate partners who are seeking the best-in-class professionals for speaking engagements and/or training. Stacy is also collaborative with her clients—threading objectives, expected outcomes and messaging that emphasize the organization’s intent for training with her own dynamic subject matter expertise. She’s creative and encourages “outside the box” thinking and always delivers as promised.”
“Stacy is an outstanding thought leader and partner for continuous learning. I have worked with her since 2005 to design and deliver unique content for the participants in our programs. She consistently receives resounding applause for her informed, energetic and engaging style of training, her keen ability to be inclusive with the audience, and the action-oriented messages she shares, which can be embraced by each individual to carry forward. I have recommended her enthusiastically to colleagues, other non-profits—both domestic and international—and corporate partners who are seeking the best-in-class professionals for speaking engagements and/or training. Stacy is also collaborative with her clients—threading objectives, expected outcomes and messaging that emphasize the organization’s intent for training with her own dynamic subject matter expertise. She’s creative and encourages “outside the box” thinking and always delivers as promised.”