David H. Kiel, Leadership Coordinator

• Email: kiel@email.unc.edu
• Phone: (919) 962-9972
• Fax: (919) 962-5236
• Office: 318 Wilson Library
   

Professional Background:
I consult with faculty on how to deal with leadership problems, facilitate meetings and workshops, and set up training and seminars on leadership topics, and work to develop faculty mentoring initiatives on campus.

I am an applied behavioral scientist with a multidisciplinary background in organizational and leadership development. I received my D.P.H. from the Gillings School of Global Public Health in 1974. My doctoral dissertation focused on the institutionalization of innovations in universities. I was a Morehead Scholar at UNC and received my B.A. in political science in 1968.

I completed an NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship at UNC in Health Administration and Community Psychiatry in 1979 and taught graduate level management courses in public health and public administration at three state universities, including Carolina.

From 1985 to 2010 I consulted with leaders in government, non-profit, and small businesses organizations, primarily in the areas of strategic planning, change management, leadership development, team building, and conflict resolution.

Before joining the CFE , I consulted with units at UNC as a private contractor and was involved in projects of strategic planning and leadership development for the Departments of Family Medicine, Dermatology, and City and Regional Planning. I co-led the Academic Leadership Program at the Insitutute for the Arts and Humanities from 2001 to 2009, and I also worked with the School of Information and Library Science, the School of Public Health, the Morehead Planetarium, and UNC Hospitals.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

Kiel, D., & Covington, T. (2007). The state of the legislature: A self-assessment by NC lawmakers. Popular Government, 72(3), 4-15.

Kiel, D., & Eckblad, J. (2003). If your life were a business would you invest in it? The 13-step process for managing your life the way the best CEOs manage their companies. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Kiel, D. (2000). The changed nature of change and the response of the HRD professional. In R.P. Lynton & U. Pareek (Eds.), Training for organizational transformation (part 1, pp. 39-46). New Delhi: Sage.

Kiel, D. (2000). The continuous improvement network. In R.P. Lynton & U. Pareek (Eds.), Training for organizational transformation (part 1, pp. 219-223). New Delhi: Sage.

Kiel, D. (1999). Chaos theory and the self-organizing principle. NTL Newsletter.

Kiel, D. (1996). Comparing EQM practices of small and large businesses. Environmental Quality Management, 6(1), 31-41.

Kiel, D. (1994). Real school improvement: What does it take? Superintendent’s Education Report, 4-5.

Kiel, D., Champion, D., & McLendon, J. (1990). Choosing a consulting role. Training and Development Journal, 66-69.

Kiel, D. (1982). An OD strategy for policy implementation: The case of NC state government. Public Administration Review, 42( 4), 375-381.