Great Place to Work^® Institute

AMY LYMAN

Co-Founder & Author of The Trustworthy Leader

Amy Lyman has spent close to thirty years studying organizations and groups, seeking to understand what helps some groups to thrive while others stall and fall apart.  Her current focus is on the key contributions of Trustworthy Leaders to the creation and support of successful groups and organizations. 

In 1991, Amy co-founded the Great Place to Work® Institute, a San Francisco based research and consulting firm with over 40 affiliate offices around the world. Amy advises individual leaders and organizations interested in understanding and enhancing the practice of trustworthy behaviors. She has been a featured speaker at management workshops and conferences and also develops custom presentations and workshops for organizations and associations.

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.S. from the University of California, Davis. She began her consulting work while a research fellow at the Wharton Center for Applied Research at Penn.