Steve Kerr

Senior Advisor, Goldman Sachs; Expert on Leadership Development

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Steve Kerr is a Senior Advisor at Goldman Sachs.  As the former Chief Learning Officer (CLO), Steve's work has helped foster the firm’s values; namely, putting clients’ interests first and creating a culture that emphasizes integrity, excellence, innovation, and teamwork.  He helps the executives he trains develop leadership skills and professional expertise in an environment that encourages mobility.

A pioneer in his field, Steve was one of the first corporate educators to hold the CLO title, which he assumed during his tenure at General Electric (GE). He spent more than seven years at GE as CLO and vice president of leadership development, where he reported to Jack Welch and was responsible for GE's renowned leadership education center at Crotonville.

He joined Goldman Sachs in March 2001 and immediately began working to expand the distinctive Goldman Sachs culture at Pine Street, the learning arm of the company that touches some 2,500 of Goldman Sachs’ 20,000 global and domestic employees.

Previously, Dr. Kerr served on the faculties of Ohio State University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Michigan. He was dean of the faculty of the USC business school from 1985 to 1989.

Dr. Kerr is a past-president of the Academy of Management, the world's largest association of academicians in management. He is an acknowledged author, editor, and speaker, and he has contributed to many academic and popular publications on management and organizational behavior. His well-known publications are The Boundaryless Organization (Jossey-Bass, 1995; co-author); Ultimate Rewards (Harvard Business School Press, 1997; editor); and a FORTUNE article titled "Risky Business: The New Pay Game" (July 22, 1996). Dr. Kerr earned a Ph.D. in management and organizational psychology from the City University of New York.