KNOW YOURSELF
One of the most important things in life is to know who you are, accept it, and learn how to work with it. I am the person who will do a fantastic job on a project, then hold it up by not sending in my biography because I cannot find the last one I wrote and trying to draft something nice about myself feels incredibly awkward and uncomfortable. That’s why I created this page. If we are collaborating on a project or I am delivering a presentation for you and you don’t have time to wait for me to send in my materials, simply take what you need from this page. I will continue to add to the page as new things pop up!
Author Biography
William G. Obenauer (aka "Billy) is an associate professor of management in the University of Maine’s Maine Business School (MBS). He is a recipient of MBS's Thought Leadership Award (2026) and Excellence in Research Award (2023). His research interests include implicit leadership theories, inequities in the workplace, and examining how methodological decisions in research design influence our understanding of organizational phenomena. His paper “Are women strategic leaders more effective during a crisis than men strategic leaders? A causal analysis of the relationship between strategic leader gender and outcomes during the COVID-19 crisis” was selected for The Leadership Quarterly’s Best Paper Award in 2024. Billy is the current co-Editor-in-Chief of Group & Organization Management and an executive board member for the Advancement of Replications Initiative in Management (ARIM).
