Degrees

Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Areas of Interest

Leadership development for managers/administrators
Organizational development
Training and development
Adult career development
Measurement of motivation
Team effectiveness/team leadership

Professional Activities and Appointments

• Hellervik/PDI Endowed Chair in Leadership and Adult Career Development
• Associate Chair, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
• Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Minor in Integrative Leadership
• Lecturer, Carlson School of Management
• Lecturer, Department of Educational Psychology
• Research Fellow, Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research, Michigan State University

Profile

My work in OLPD:

• I teach leadership, career-development, and human resource development courses,
• I conduct research on multiple aspects of these related fields,
• I work on other professional engagement projects, including symposia on Best Practices in Leadership Development (2011), Best Practices in Leadership Development (2009), and working with a cross-sector team to host a workshop for Job Loss Counselors and Related Professionals.
• I continue to lead the faculty team designing and delivering an open-enrollment leadership development program for mid-level leaders (the Successful Managers Leadership Program), which is offered through the College of Continuing Education.

My work at the University of Minnesota Center for Integrative Leadership (faculty profile):

• I co-teach the Integrative Leadership Seminar, an integrative effort of faculty from CEHD, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the Carlson School of Management, and the School of Public Health.

My work  at PDI Ninth House, a Korn/Ferry Company:

• I continue my work at PDI Ninth House on a limited basis, designing and deploying leadership development initiatives to support strategic organizational change in large, complex organizations.
• PDI Ninth House is a global leadership solutions company with distinctive expertise in accelerating leadership effectiveness to maximize organizational results. 

My educational background is in human resource development, with supporting work in industrial-organizational psychology.  For over 25 years, I have worked as a consultant for PDI Ninth House, a Korn/Ferry Company, designing and delivering large-scale leadership development interventions for client organizations across the United States and in many countries around the world.  I joined the faculty in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development in the College of Education and Human Development in 2009.

Selected Publications

1. Quast, L., (2012, October). Prevent top leader derailment. Talent Management, 8(10), 42-43.

2. Quast, L. N., & Helsing, J. (2000). Leading a team: Factors for success. SAMA Velocity, 2(2), 30-33.

3. Quast, L. N. (1998). Teams and their leaders: A model for effectiveness. In G. M. Parker (Ed.), Best practices for teams (Vol. 2). Amherst, MA: HRD Press.

4. Quast, L. N., & Hansen, T. L. (1994). The relationship between MBTI Expanded Analysis Report (EAR) scores and leaders' management behaviors. Proceedings of the National Conference on Leadership and Myers-Briggs Type. University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

5. Quast, L. N., & Hazucha, J. F. (1992). The relationship between leaders' management skills and their groups' effectiveness. In K. E. Clark, M. B. Clark, & D. P. Campbell (Eds.), Impact of leadership. Center for Creative Leadership: Greensboro, NC.

6. Quast, L. N., Olson, R. D., & Hazucha, J. F. (1986). Data collection and diagnosis: Organizational analysis profile. Proceedings of the ODN Conference. New York: Organization Development Network.

Selected Presentations

1. Quast, L., Wohkittel, J., Center, B., Chung, C., & Vue, B. (2012, May). Managerial behavior associated with managerial derailment in the U.S. and nine European countries. Paper presented at the 13th Annual International Conference on Human Resource Development Research and Practice Across Europe, Famalicao, Portugal.

2. Bartlett, K., Quast, L., Wohkittel, J., Center, B., & Chung, C. (2012, April). Relationship of management development practices, work engagement, and job performance. In J. Hazucha (chair), Explorations in leader criterion space: Behavior, performance, outcomes. Symposium 287 conducted at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 27th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

3. Chung, C., Wohkittel, J., Quast, L., & Center, B. (2012, April). Educational leadership and career derailment. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Session 29.080-4, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

4. Quast, L., Wohkittel, J., Chung, C., & Vue, B. (2012, March). Linking managers’ self-awareness to advancement potential: Exploring a model of self-other agreement. Paper presented at the 2012 Academy of HRD International Research Conference in the Americas, Denver, CO.

5. Wohkittel, J., Quast, L., Chung, C., & Center, B. (2012, March). Gender differences in managerial behaviors associated with high advancement potential. Paper presented at the 2012 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, Denver, CO.

6. Peterson, S., & Quast, L., (2012, March). Managerial behavior within a strategic organizational culture and the risk of managerial career derailment. Paper presented at the 2012 Academy of Human Resource Development International Research Conference in the Americas, Denver, CO.

7. Quast, L., Wohkittel, J., Chung, C., & Center, B. (2011, December). Patterns of self-other rating discrepancies and predictions of managerial career derailment: Comparing Asia to the United States. Paper presented at the Academy of Human Resource Development Asia Conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

8. Wohkittel, J., Lassiter, A., Congemi, P., Miller, A., & Quast, L. (2011, April). Applicant motivation and withdrawal intentions during online selection testing. Poster presented at the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference, Chicago, IL.

9. Quast, L., Center, B., Chung, C., Wohkittel, J., & Vue, B., (2011, February). Using multi-rater feedback to predict managerial career derailment: A model of self-boss rating patterns. Paper presented at the Academy of Human Resource Development Americas Conference, Chicago, IL.

10. Quast, L., Center, B., Wohkittel, J. Chung, C., & Vue, B. (2010, November). Managerial behavior associated with managerial career derailment in the U.S. and several Asian countries. Paper presented at the Academy of HRD Asia Conference, Shanghai, P.R.C.

11. Quast, L. (2010, September). Job-loss professionals: New tools for new times forum. Produced, moderated, and presented, at the Continuing Education Conference Center, University of Minnesota.

12. Quast, L. (2010, April). Best practices for leadership development. Presented at the Top Companies for Developing Leaders Forum, sponsored by the Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota.

13. Quast, L., Center, B., Wohkittel, J. Chung, C., & Vue, B. (2010, March). Using multi-rater feedback to predict managerial career derailment: A model of self-boss rating patterns. Presented at the Academy of HRD Americas Conference, Chicago, IL.

14. Quast, L., & McLean, G., (2009, December). Leadership motives and managerial behavior. Paper presented at the Academy of HRD Asia, Middle-East, and North Africa Conference, Manama, Bahrain.

15. Updated September, 2012