Guest Name:

Dr. Jim Phillips, Ph.D, SPHR,SHRM-SCP,

Professor Emeritus of Management,

Northeastern State University, Tahlequah ,

Oklahoma, United States

About the Guest:

Dr. Jim Phillips retired from Northeastern State University in August of 2020 after 26 years. He was a visiting professor at BYU-Hawaii until 30 April 2021.

Since starting his academic career in 1990 and teaching a variety of management courses, Dr. Jim Phillips has guided strategic planning conferences for organizations and communities and conducted research in self-leadership, soft skills development, and cross-cultural management.

Additionally, Jim organized a four-member team of Northeastern State University professors to focus on self-leadership, presenting at eight peer-reviewed conferences and achieving four journal publications in addition to his other publications.

He also enjoyed organizing and teaching the Essential Business Skills Seminar, which was initiated by a team consisting of himself and three other Northeastern State University professors in January 2016. The course attempted to teach the soft skills that students need to be successful in the workplace. In November 2016, his team presented the results of their work with this seminar at peer-reviewed academic conferences.

Jim has enjoyed opportunities as a visiting professor to universities in India, China, and Hawaii