Negotiation

Brad Winn, a leader in business, government and education, has served in executive positions including vice president, senior manager, legislator, assistant commissioner, provost, and dean. Dr. Winn is a professor of leadership and strategy practice, and the executive MBA director for the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. He is lead author of Fundamentals of Business Leadership and serves as senior editor for People + Strategy Journal. Brad is passionate about creating meaningful agreements and consulting with leaders on how to make their organizations more productive and humane. During his distinguished career, he has served as an elected legislator negotiating resolutions to complex issues among a wide variety of stakeholders. Dr. Winn worked in business and industry as a senior manager for Novations consulting firm and as an engineer at ATK Thiokol for NASA's space shuttle program. Brad is a popular, award-winning professor who presents regularly at national conferences and events. He has twice received "Instructor of the Year" awards and is the recipient of the "Faculty Service of the Year" award. He earned a BS in engineering from Purdue University, an MPA from Brigham Young University, and a PhD from the University of Michigan. Brad and his wife, Johanna, are the parents of five children. He enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, and singing with the world-renowned Tabernacle Choir.

Marc Sokol, President of Sage Consulting Resources, LLC, has worked in large and small firms, in public and private sectors, in internal and external roles, and across 25 countries. He consults to Boards, CEOs, and C-level executives, helping them extend impact across the firms they lead. As an executive coach, he works with clients to address everyday negotiation in the organizations where they work. Past executive editor of the People + Strategy Journal, a publication of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), Marc serves on the editorial boards of Consulting Psychology Journal and Organization Development Review. He is co-author and co-editor of several books including Strategic Workforce Planning: Best Practices and Emerging Directions, published in 2024. He is past president of Minnesota Professionals for Psychology Applied to Work, and 2024 president for Society of Consulting Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association (APA). He has been elected a fellow of the APA and two of its divisions, the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology, and the Society of Consulting Psychology. Marc also teaches Strategic Workforce Planning and Development for the American Bankers Association, Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He earned a PhD in industrial-organizational psychology from University of Maryland, College Park.