Janina Latack

Dr. Janina Latack is a career consultant, executive coach and speaker specializing in leadership development and career resilience. In her 13 years as a faculty member in the College of Business at Ohio State University, she established a national reputation in research on career transitions and stress. She has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Arizona College of Business, and is also an Affiliate Consultant with Right Management Consultants.

In addition to coaching executives and professionals in her private practice, she delivers lively, high-impact workshops and presentations, including "Coaching Skills for Managers" and "Re-Igniting the Fire at Work: How to Rejuvenate a Stalled Career." She specializes in applying assessment tools to leadership effectiveness with a focus on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and other tools that prompt managers to develop their leadership capabilities.  

Dr. Latack has presented at the annual meeting of the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) and serves on the faculty for the WACUBO Executive Leadership and Management Institute at Stanford each summer.

She began her career with the UCLA Placement and Career Planning Center, moving on to the University of Michigan Career Planning and Placement Center. As an entrepreneur, she was a partner in the company Cheapskates, a roller-skate rental business for Michigan State University students.

She earned her Master's degree in Higher Education Administration, and her Ph.D. in Business from Michigan State University. She is certified as a Career Counselor by the National board for Certified Counselors and the State of Arizona