Jude Olson

Background

About Jude Olson

Jude Olson, PhD, PCC Jude Olson is an accredited, professional coach providing leadership and transition coaching to individuals, teams and organizations—building on strengths for accelerated development. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation and assessments including Appreciative Coaching, Voices360°, via EDGE™ and MBTI Step II. She most recently served on the faculty of University of Dallas, Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, teaching “Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership” and “Leading Complex Organizations.” She was the Faculty Advisor for the student Sigma Iota Epsilon National Honorary and Professional Management Fraternity, which won the national 'Chapter of the Year' award for 2020-2021. She was also a coach for the Texas Christian University EMBA program for over a decade. Her internal corporate experience includes serving as Head Coach at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, where she was recognized for bringing innovation to both coaching and change consulting. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Jude spent six years with Drake Beam Morin, Inc, an international consulting firm specializing in career transition and corporate restructuring activities. As a Senior Vice President and Regional Consulting Partner, she led the Fort Worth office where she marketed, managed and consulted on change projects within a variety of industries. She has been an organization development consultant for Mervyn’s corporate headquarters in California and an independent consultant in Texas, and now in Colorado. A native of Pennsylvania, she earned a B.S. in Journalism and M.Ed in Counseling Psychology from Temple University; and a Ph.D. in Human and Organization Systems from Fielding Graduate University. She published in the Elsevier book on Complex Collaboration (2004) and “Inventing the Joint Strike Fighter—Applying Appreciative Inquiry to Collaborative Startups” in the OD Network Journal and as an E-Book (2013). Her most recent publication,"Leveraging Orientation and Learning Transfer to Launch Capstone Consulting Projects" was published in Management Teaching Review (August, 2021). Specialties: Leadership Development, Executive Transition, Enhance Emotional Intelligence, Developing Women Leaders