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Gianpiero Petriglieri is Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

His areas of interest include leadership, team dynamics, experiential learning, and unconscious processes in individuals, groups and organisations. His research explores the features which make leadership development effective and meaningful; managers’ use of business school courses to shape personal and professional identities; the influence of unconscious factors in leadership; and the emotional dilemmas of high potential managers.

At INSEAD, Gianpiero teaches "Leading People and Groups" in the MBA, directs customised leadership development programmes for executives from a variety of industries, and teaches in executive programs such as The Leadership Transition and Consulting and Coaching for Change. He also consults to a range of international organisations on the design and implementation of programmes for developing high potentials into effective and responsible leaders. Prior to joining INSEAD, he was Visiting Professor at CBS Executive, Copenhagen Business School, where he received the MBA Professor of the Year award. He also contributed regularly to executive education programmes, and to the MBA, at IMD International in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Gianpiero received a Medical Doctorate and a specialization in Psychiatry from the University of Catania Medical School, Italy, and a diploma in Advanced Organizational Consultation from the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations in London. He has practiced as a psychotherapist and often serves on the staff of group relations conferences in Europe and the United States. He is currently President of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA).