Organizational Behavior & Leadership Expert; Kravis Professor of Business at Columbia Business School; Author of "What Do You Really Stand For?"

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Paul Ingram Biography

Paul Ingram is the Kravis Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, where he serves as faculty director of Columbia's Advanced Management Program, a residential program for senior executives. Ingram earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University and previously served on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University. He holds an undergraduate degree from Brock University, where he received the Governor General's Award as the top graduating student. He has held visiting professorships at Tel Aviv University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the University of Toronto.

Ingram has received Columbia's Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, and multiple teaching awards voted by graduating students at Columbia and Cornell. He was the first professor from Columbia Business School to serve as a Provost's Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar at Columbia University, a role for faculty recognized for both teaching and research. Ingram has been selected by graduating EMBA students as the winner of the Commitment to Excellence Award multiple times and has delivered keynote speeches at graduation ceremonies.

Ingram's research in management, organizational behavior, and leadership has been published in more than 100 articles, book chapters, and books. His work has received distinctions including the Gould Prize from the American Journal of Sociology and best paper awards in Organization and Management Theory, Strategy, and Collective Behavior and Social Movements. Ingram's courses on leadership and strategy draw on research involving organizations in the United States, Canada, Israel, England, Scotland, China, Korea, and Australia. He has served as president of the College of Organization Science of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science.

Ingram's research examines the intersection of culture and social networks, with recent studies exploring value similarity in business networks, determinants and outcomes of individuals' fit in organizational cultures, and influences on ethical decision making. He has consulted on leadership, organizational design, and strategy for companies in finance, health care, insurance, energy, and consumer products industries.

Ingram is the author of "What Do You Really Stand For?: The One Question That Will Transform Your Work and Life," published by Harvard Business Review Press. The book presents research-based frameworks and tools to help readers articulate and integrate their values into work and life, build stronger relationships, and achieve better outcomes. The publication has contributed to Ingram's standing as a leading voice on values-driven leadership and organizational culture.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/13/2026.

Paul Ingram Videos

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