Dr. Steve M. Cohen, Ed.D., CMC
Dr. Steve Cohen founded HR Solutions On-Call and has spent more than 40 years resolving the people problems that put organizations at risk: harassment and discrimination complaints, workplace investigations, contentious terminations, EEOC claims, and boards or leadership teams in conflict. He has worked with organizations from 2 to 17,000 employees across government, health care, banking, manufacturing, education, nonprofits and ministries, and frequently serves as interim HR director for Missouri cities, counties, health departments and ambulance districts.
Steve holds an Ed.D. in Educational & Industrial Psychology from Northern Illinois University, an M.A. in Public Administration from Central Michigan University and a B.S.W. from the University of Kansas, plus a Health Care Labor Relations certificate from the Wharton School and mediation (ADR) certification from DePaul University College of Law. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a former Dean of the School of Professional & Graduate Studies at Baker University, a former Interim Director of Affirmative Action at UMKC, and an expert witness on HR practices.
He is the author of Mess Management: Lessons From a Corporate Hit Man (2010) and co-author, with Dr. Dick Biery, of Ministry Mess Management: Solving Leadership Failures (2014). His articles have appeared in Psychology Today (his “Worked Up At Work” blog), Law Office Manager, Vistage, Contemporary Administrator and School Bus Fleet, and he co-hosted Kansas City’s weekly business radio program The Exchange. His expertise powers YourHRCoach.ai.
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