Allan M. Filipowicz

Biography

Allan Filipowicz is clinical professor of management and organizations at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Filipowicz’s research focuses on how emotions drive or impede leadership effectiveness at both the intrapersonal and interpersonal levels. Within this domain, he studies the relationship between emotions and risky decision making; the influence of humor on both leadership and negotiation effectiveness; the impact of emotional transitions in negotiations; and the relationship between genes, chronotype (morningness–eveningness), and performance.

His work has been published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Forecasting, Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Circadian Rhythms, and Scientific Reports.

Filipowicz teaches Managing and Leading Organizations (recently winning a Best Core Faculty Award), Negotiations, Executive Leadership and Development, Leading Teams, and Critical and Strategic Thinking. He has taught executives across the globe, from Singapore to Europe to the United States, with recent clients including Medtronic, Bayer, Google, Pernod Ricard, and Harley-Davidson.

Filipowicz received his PhD from Harvard University. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in international affairs from the University of Pennsylvania, and degrees in electrical engineering (MEng, BS) and economics (BA) from Cornell University. His professional experience includes banking (Bankers Trust, New York) and consulting, including running his own boutique consulting firm and four years with The Boston Consulting Group in Paris.

Education

PhD Harvard University, 2002
MA Harvard University, 2001
MBA University of Pennsylvania, 1991
MA University of Pennsylvania, 1991
MEng Cornell University, 1987
BS Cornell University, 1986
BA Cornell University, 1986