Our Team
Michael B Arthur
Michael is Emeritus Professor at Suffolk University, Boston and Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management, UK. He has written widely on contemporary careers for both scholars and career owners. He is a co-author of the book An Intelligent Career: Taking Ownership of Your Work and Your Life (Oxford University Press, 2017/8) and a regular contributor on careers to Forbes.
Polly Parker
Polly is Associate Dean Academic at the Faculty of Business, Economics & Law, University of Queensland. A leading researcher on intelligent careers, she developed the original Intelligent Career Card Sort®® in her PhD studies. She brings distinctive administrative, executive development and coaching skills to our team, and is co-author of the book Peer Coaching at Work: Principles and Practices (Stanford University Press, 2018).
Norman E Amundson
Norman is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. He was an important collaborator in the early development of the ICCS, bringing his expertise on “active engagement” to the underlying design of our approach. He has recently been working on a related hope-centered approach. His books include Active engagement: The being and doing of career counselling. Edition Three. Richmond, B.C.: Ergon Communications, 2009, 3rd Edition.
Maury Peiperl
Maury is Dean of the School of Business at George Mason University, and formerly Dean of Cranfield Management School, UK. He is a board member, advisor, researcher, speaker, mediator, strategist, entrepreneur, director and sometime musician. He has been instrumental in developing the use of the ICCS in Schools of Business through his earlier teaching at both London Business School and IMD, Switzerland.
Leah Stackhouse
Leah Stackhouse is an HR and Talent Development Leader whose passion is driving organizational growth and results through employee engagement, development and retention. She spent more than 20 years with top-tier management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., leading performance management, talent development and strategic talent projects for expert consultants aligned to the firm's industry and functional practice areas. Leah was certified as a Career Ownership Consultant in early 2024. She counsels individual clients on their career development journeys, has co-facilitated consultant training sessions with Michael Arthur, and is collaborating with the ICG leadership team on other business development efforts.