Co-Founder and Researcher/Writer

Amy Lyman was a co-founder of the Great Place to Work^® Institute. During her tenure she developed the Institute’s consulting services in the United States, and oversaw the finance, legal and operational activities of the entire organization. She served as President of the Institute for a time, and as Chair of the Board of Directors, leaving that role in 2008.

During the past few years she has studied the qualities that distinguish Best Companies from good companies, focusing on the role of the trustworthy leader. She has written numerous articles on this topic and has been a featured speaker at management workshops and conferences.  Honesty and integrity are central to her work.

Amy received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.S. from the University of California, Davis. She began her consulting work while a research fellow at the Wharton Center for Applied Research at Penn.