Gretchen Anderson

Gretchen Anderson is a recognized expert on culture and team effectiveness, deeply trusted by leaders and teams around the globe. In her work, she partners as a sounding board and guide, helping to enhance team effectiveness and strengthen organizational culture. Gretchen has over twenty years of cross-industry experience advising leaders at all levels on the complex relationship between organizational performance and individual motivation.

Gretchen has built her unique approach through advisory work at various firms, including Katzenbach Partners, Booz & Co (formerly Booz Allen Hamilton), Spencer Stuart International, Russell Reynolds Associates and PwC. At both Russell Reynolds and PwC, Gretchen both conducted her own client work and led communities of practice of other practitioners with a passion for organizational culture.

With Jon Katzenbach and James Thomas, Gretchen is the author of the acclaimed book The Critical Few: Energize Your Company’s Culture by Choosing What Really Matters (Berrett Koehler 2019). She holds an A.B. in English from Middlebury College in Vermont and spent a year of undergraduate as a matriculated student at St. Hugh’s College at Oxford University. She has a PhD in literature from Stanford University.

Gretchen lives in a bee-besieged farmhouse in Baltimore, MD, with her almost-teenage children Calvin and Jane and her husband Nate, who is solely responsible for an epic tire swing.