Retired Professor Mostafa Sayyadi is a Management Thinker & Theorist, Management Consulting Veteran, CEO, Co-Founder, former (Full) Professor of Practice, and Adjunct Professor, and is recognized as One of the World's Leading Executive Educators and Management Consultants. As a vice president of Motivational Leadership Training, Inc. in Miami, Florida, with over 20 years of experience in the business world, he works with senior business leaders, managers, and staff to develop knowledge and innovation in companies effectively. He has led change management initiatives and the development of enterprise strategic management frameworks to manage organizational knowledge and innovation strategically. His holistic approach to innovation and leadership has enabled him to add value to organizations’ bottom lines throughout his +20 years of career. Working in various countries assists global and domestic leaders to minimize the business risks of working across cultures and with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, enhance their intercultural effectiveness, deliver innovation and business results. 

In recognition of his work with the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Human Resources Institute, Management Consulting Veteran and Retired Professor Mostafa Sayyadi has been recognized for excellence multiple times, including as an A/Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a Certified Professional in Human Resources of the Australian Human Resources Institute, and a Certified Professional Manager of the Australian Institute of Management.

Mostafa is an international management consultant, globally recognized author, professional writer, Retired Professor of Practice, decision case author, and teacher in the Harvard Business School (HBS) Case Method, revisionist business scholar (who seeks social justice in the business world), and a world authority on leadership and disruptive innovation for his Magic Spark Model, his Impact Model, his Executive Model of Innovation Strategy, his Competency-based Recruitment Model, his AI-Powered Adaptive Leadership Model, his Soft Model of Organizational Change Management, his Japanese Leadership Model, his Post-Pandemic Corporate Culture Model, his Expanded Model of Kotter's 8-step Change Model, his Social Innovation Leadership Model, and his Lee Iacocca's Chrysler Leadership Development Model at the University of South Florida. Author of hundreds of articles, teaching cases, teaching notes, and over 60 books and a contributor to California Management Review Insights (UC Berkeley Haas), Rutgers Business Review (The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers), Management and Business Review, SAM Advanced Management Journal (Society for Advancement of Management (SAM): The oldest management society), Muma Business Review (The University of South Florida), Muma Case Review (The University of South Florida), The Case Center (Cranfield University), International Journal of Organizational Analysis and Strategic HR Review (Emerald Publishing), The European Business Review (like Harvard BR, but published in London), The European Financial Review, The World Financial Review, Management Consulting Journal (The Chartered Management Institute), Business Information Review (SAGE Publishing), IGI Global, American Management Association (AMA) Quarterly, EDGE Journal, International HR Adviser Quarterly, Canadian Management Centre (CMC) Quarterly, Management Centre Europe (MCE) Quarterly, The Canadian Business Journal, The Canadian Business Quarterly, Industrial Management (Norcross Georgia), Integral Leadership Review, HR Florida Review, ISE: Industrial & Systems Engineering at Work, NUCA's quarterly Business Journal (11 articles published since 2021, the most of any of the authors), Chief Learning Officer Magazine, and The Diplomat Magazine. He has authored Over 1,000 Research Articles, Case Studies, Teaching Cases, Teaching Notes, Columns, and Books, dealing with business growth, innovative leadership, AI, design thinking, and innovation and learning cultures. The common theme of his work is high individual and organizational leadership performance with disruptive and social innovation. Also, he writes a monthly column for Conscious Company Magazine, TD Magazine, People + Strategy Journal, HR Future Magazine, SHRM Executive Network, Consulting Magazine, HR.com, ColoradoBiz Magazine, Hotel Business Review, and People Management Magazine (UK), and his work has been featured in these top academic management journals and top-flight business publications. 

Mostafa's first Rutgers Business Review case study on Innovation Leadership at Toyota was published in 2023. In 2024, he collaborated on another Rutgers Business Review case study on Innovation Culture at Tesla. His Alex Ferguson article was also published in Rutgers Business Review in 2025. And new articles from him on Carlo Ancelotti and Bill Gates will be out in Strategic HR Review and Rutgers Business Review in the future. Mostafa's case study on Nissan Motor was also published in The European Business Review in September/October 2024 (Businessman and former automotive executive Carlos Ghosn posted this article in The European Business Review on his official website in 2024). His newest European Business Review case studies on Tesla, Inc., and Panasonic were published in January/February 2025 and May/June 2025 editions, and his other case studies with his co-author professors at Barry University in Florida and IÉSEG School of Management in Paris on Intel, Nissan, and Panasonic were published in the Swiss Business School's premier management journal in 2025. His article with his co-author professors in Florida and Houston-Downtown University on Management by Perkele was published in Emerald Group Publishing in 2025. His case studies in The European Business Review on Intel and Chrysler were published in 2025. His other articles in The European Business Review with his co-author professors in Florida and Spain on change management, digital culture, AI, authentic leadership, and design thinking, which explain his many years of management and technology consulting across the globe, will also be published in 2025 and 2026. From 2022 to 2024, Mostafa also collaborated on many of The Case Centre's teaching cases and teaching notes on Tesla, Inc., Salomon Brothers, Inc. (Part A and Part B), Level-Up Leadership Model, Decision-Making Model, Leading Oneself, and The 1960s American animated Halloween television of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. His newest Case Centre’s teaching cases and teaching notes with his co-author professors in Florida and Houston-Downtown University on Intel Corporation and Negotiate in 40 Minutes were also published in 2025. And a teaching case and teaching note from him on Bill Campbell (the board of trustees of Columbia University and chairman of the board of Intuit) may be later! In 2023, he collaborated on an article, "Consulting on the Cusp of Digitalization?", for the Management Consulting Journal. They proposed a new model for management consulting in the era of digitalization. This year, he also published a Management Consulting Journal article, "The End of Management Consulting as We Know it?", and as a leading author, he proposed a model for management consulting in the new post-AI world. In addition to his many Management Consulting Journal (MCJ) articles, his newest, "The Knowledge-powered Management Consulting Strategy," was also published in this journal in 2025.

In 2022, Mostafa collaborated on a Muma Business Review (The University of South Florida) article (A Case Study on an International Financial Company in Melbourne, Australia), "A New Era Of Culture Shaping Has Emerged. Here’s How It May Affect Organizations". The authors proposed a new model for cultural design in the post-pandemic era. In 2023, he also collaborated on two Muma Business Review (The University of South Florida) articles, "The Magic Spark Model" and "The Impact Model". His newest Muma Business Review articles on "Adaptive Leadership in the AI World", "Change Leadership", "Design Thinking Culture", "Walmart Inc.", "New Leadership Shifts", and "Chrysler Corporation" were published in 2024. His Muma Business Review (University of South Florida) articles on "Leadership for Social Innovation" and "Organizational Transformation" were published in 2025. His newest teaching case and teaching note on Nissan were also published by The Case Centre in 2025.  

His first California Management Review Insights article on "Knowledge-powered Strategy" was published in 2022. In 2023, he collaborated on a California Management Review Insights (UC Berkeley Haas) article, "How to Adapt to AI in Strategic Management". The authors proposed a new model for strategic leadership in our new corporate world in the age of AI. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "AI Accountability"  and "Social Innovation" were published in 2023. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "Leadership in the DEI World" and "Corporate Social Innovation Culture" were published in 2024. His newest California Management Review Insights article on "Leading AI Systems" was also published in 2024.

He has extensive experience in case method research, as well as in writing cases for classroom use and facilitating case discussions, and one of his articles on leadership education has been selected as Cover Story Article in the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers' ISE Magazine. In an interview in 2020, Mostafa Sayyadi outlines to Alan Hosking of HR Future Magazine why social capital is the path to effective knowledge management and competitive advantage. He also owns a consulting company (The DS Consulting Group, Inc.) that provides consulting services for the branches of the best American companies based in Dubai, UAE. As an executive who went back to business school, Mostafa is a macro-political and economic commentator, who believes in fixing Capitalism to better tackle Climate Change, and is the Founder of The Magic Spark Model (University of South Florida), The Impact Model (University of South Florida), Toyota-based Innovation Leadership Model (State University of New Jersey - Rutgers), Tesla-based Innovation Culture Model (State University of New Jersey - Rutgers), "Management by Perkele" Model (Emerald Group Publishing), The Executive Approach to Innovation Strategy (University of South Florida), The Alex Ferguson's Leadership Model for Business Leaders (Rutgers University), The DEI Leadership Model (UC Berkeley, Haas), The Corporate Social Innovation Culture Model (UC Berkeley, Haas), The AI-powered Data Management Model (UC Berkeley Haas), The Corporate Social Innovation Model (UC Berkeley, Haas), AI-powered Strategic Management Model (UC Berkeley Hass), The Competency-based Recruitment Model (University of South Florida), The Executive Approach to Psychological Capital (University of South Florida), AI-Powered Adaptive Leadership Model (University of South Florida), The Soft Approach to Change Management (The University of South Florida), Lee Iacocca's Leadership Development Model (University of South Florida), AI-Powered Business Ethics Model (UC Berkeley, Haas), The Expanded Model of Kotter's 8-step Change Model (University of South Florida), Leadership Model for Social Impact (University of South Florida), Post-Digitalization Management Consulting Model (Management Consulting Journal), The New Leadership Shifts Model (The European Business Review), Post-AI Management Consulting Model (Management Consulting Journal), Knowledge-Powered Corporate Strategy Model (UC Berkeley, Haas), Post-pandemic Management Consulting Model (The European Financial Review), The Post-Pandemic Corporate Culture Model (University of South Florida), The High-Performing Corporate Development Model (The European Business Review), Grid Organizational Development (OD) Model for Higher Education (Society for Advancement of Management/the oldest professional management society which is based in The Villages in Florida), Nissan's Corporate Leadership Model (The European Business Review), Authentic Leadership Model for AI (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Digital Transformation Model (SAGE Journals), The Strategic Knowledge Map Model (SAGE Journals), The Future Leadership Model (SAGE Journals), The Japanese Management Model (University of South Florida), The New Dynamic Approach to KM Strategy (SAGE Journals), The Executive Approach to Social Capital Theory (University of South Florida), Nissan's Corporate Leadership Model (The European Business Review), Panasonic-styled Leadership Model (Swiss Business School), Nissan/Intel-styled Management Model (Swiss Business School), Digitalization Consultancy Model (Chartered Management Institute), AI-powered Management Consulting Model (Chartered Management Institute), The Future Leadership Education Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Future Leadership Model (The European Business Review), The Digital Leadership Model (American Management Association), The Technological Approach to Transformational Leadership (IGI Global), The Innovative Approach to Transformational Leadership (Tennessee State University), Knowledge Management Leadership Model (SAGE Journals), Digital Corporate Culture Model for AI (Swiss Business School), Kōnosuke Matsushita's Management Model (The European Business Review), Corporate Culture Model for Design Thinking (University of South Florida), The Knowledge-based Approach to Transformational Leadership (IGI Global), Post-Pandemic Leadership Model (Swiss Business School), The Dynamic Approach for the Future (SAGE Journals), Inquiry-based Learning Model for the Course of Introduction to Business (Society for Advancement of Management/the oldest professional management society which is based in The Villages in Florida), The Social Innovation Leadership Model (University of South Florida), Post-Pandemic Strategic Management Model (Swiss Business School),  Transformational Leadership-Based Management Education Model (Colorado Christian University), AI-Powered Decision-Making Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Facing the Giants Movie based Leadership Education Model (Colorado Christian University), Authentic Leadership Development Consultancy Model (Management Consulting Journal), Transformational Leadership Development Consultancy Model (Management Consulting Journal), Knowledge Management Consultancy Model (Management Consulting Journal), The Knowledge-Based Approach to Management Consulting Projects (Management Consulting Journal), High-performing Transformational Leadership Model (Management Consulting Journal), Design Thinking Model for AI (SAGE Journals), The Innovative Transformational Leadership Model (The World Financial Review), The Innovation Strategy Model (American Management Association), Toyota's 3-Step Leadership Development Model (Valparaiso University), KM Implementation Model (Colorado Christian University), The Practical Model of Knowledge Management (The European Business Review), The Applicable Transformational Leadership (The European Business Review), The Competitive Advantage Model of Knowledge Management (The European Business Review), Everyday Leadership Model (The World Financial Review), MLT's Disruptive Authentic Leadership Model (Valparaiso University), The Integrated Approach to Leadership (The World Financial Review), AI-powered Corporate Leadership Model (American Management Association), The Executive Approach to Leadership, Courage, and Ethical Behavior (Colorado Christian University), The 3D Lens' Approach to Corporate Culture (Association for Talent Development), The Model of Transforming Authentic Management into Authentic Leadership (The Society for Human Resource Management-SHRM), Transformational Technology Leadership Model (The European Business Review), Data Storytelling Model for Managers (The European Financial Review), The Strategic Transformational Leadership Model (The European Financial Review), The Japanese Authentic Leadership Model (The European Business Review), Practical Social Capital Model (The World Financial Review), The Good Company Model (The World Financial Review), Practical Authentic Leadership Model (The World Financial Review), Leadership Development Model for Fighting Climate Change (Valparaiso University), Transformational Leadership Model for Real World (NUCA's quarterly Business Journal), The Blockchain Approach to HR (International HR Adviser Quarterly), HR Management Model for the AI Era (International HR Adviser Quarterly), Knowledge Management Model for Large Companies (The European Financial Review), Post-Pandemic Leadership Development Model (Chief Learning Officer), Digitalization-based HR Strategy (The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development - CIPD), Change Leadership Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Strong Corporate Social Innovation Model (The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development - CIPD), Management Consulting Model for the AI Age (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Authentic Leadership Development Model (The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development - CIPD), AI-Powered Authentic Leadership Model (International HR Adviser Quarterly), Nelson Mandela's Leadership Model (The Diplomat Magazine), The Great Leadership Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Disruptive Leadership Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Transformational Approach into Technology Leadership (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Tech Model of Knowledge Management (HR Director Magazine), The Knowledge Sharing Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Knowledge Implementation Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Firm's Internal Resources Management Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), From Good Leadership to Great Leadership Model (Chartered Managers Canada), The Transformational Leadership Development Model (Training Journal), Transformational Leadership Development Model (HR Florida Review), The AI-powered Adaptive Leadership Style (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Transformational Leadership Education Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers),  The Courageous Leadership Development Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Authentic Leadership Model with no Implementaion Challenges (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Corporate Design Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The Leadership Model for Social Good (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Corporate Development Model for the Blockchain Era (HR Florida Review), Japanese Leadership Model (NUCA's quarterly Business Journal), AI-powered Adaptive Leadership Model for the Times of Crisis (Crisis Response Journal), Gordon Moore's Strategic Leadership Model (The European Business Review), Global Crisis Leadership Model (Crisis Response Journal), The Knowledge-powered Management Consulting Strategy (Chartered Management Institute), The Authentic HR Leadership Model for AI (International HR Adviser), The Post-pandemic Business Design Model (Motivational Training Press/Tampa, Florida), The Design Thinking Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), The DEI Business Consulting Model (Motivational Training Press/Tampa, Florida), The HR Strategy Model for the Digital World (SHRM Florida), Level-Up Leadership Development Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), Steve Jobs' Leadership Model (The Canadian Business Journal), The New Business Culture Model (The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers), High-Performing Companies Model for the Oil and Gas Industry (Consulting Magazine), Authentic Leadership for Hotels (Hotel Business Review), Integrated Approach into Hotel Leadership (Hotel Business Review), Affective Leadership Model (Home Business Magazine - Co-author: Paul Dannar at Air University, Alabama, US), The Post-Pandemic Recovery Business Strategy Model (Chartered Managers Canada), The Effective Leadership Model (Chartered Managers Canada), The Knowledge-Powered Transformational Leadership Model (SHRM People+Strategy Journal), Lee Iacocca's Leadership Style (The European Business Review), The Strong Corporate Culture Model (Chartered Managers Canada), The Technology Leadership Model for HR (Chartered Managers Canada), Technology Leadership Model (Leadership Excellence Essentials), Culture Excellence Measurement Model (Leadership Excellence Essentials), Servant Leadership Development Model (HR Future Magazine), Social Capital Development Model (HR Future Magazine), and Level Up Leadership Model (Integral Leadership Review) for executives and business leaders in our real corporate world. Mostafa's (over 60) books include Post-Pandemic Recovery and Management Consulting's Black Box. The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (based in Norcross in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA) featured and talked about the importance of his book, Management Consulting's Black Box, to American Business Leaders in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work (Vol. 58/No.1, 2026).

He was nominated for the CMCE Research Award of the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence in the UK for 2024, featured as the author of the Best Blog of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) in the US for 2020, earned the Best Paper Award of the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada for 2019, and also earned the Writer Badge and the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Award of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in the US for 2021, 2023, and 2026 (Lee Iacocca was also an honorary member of The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers at one time). One of his articles in the Leadership Excellence Essentials Magazine in Toronto, Canada, also predicted a long time ago that a Business Person (President Donald John Trump) could be the 45th U.S. President. He has been appreciated for sharing his ideas with the American Management Association, and served as an editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Business Research (Swiss Business School's premier management journal), and a reviewer for the prestigious SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development International, FIIB Business Review, Journal of General Management, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, the Academy of Management Conference (Management Consulting Division), and the Southern Management Association Conference in Virginia in the US.

Mostafa is interested in Cal Newport's concept of "deep work" and is enthusiastic about applying AI and commercial drones to business in the future corporate world. In his spare time, he plays harmonica, pilots, runs, and writes novels for senior managers and business leaders.

MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SPECIALTIES: 

Small to Large Scale Complex Organizational Change Management, Strategic Integrated Talent Management, Cultural Change/Transformation, Succession Planning & Management; Talent Review Process, Employee Engagement; Employee Experience, Customer Experience/Service; Customer Activation & Engagement, Human Capital Mergers & Acquisitions, Coaching: Corporate Executives, Leaders & Their Teams, High Potentials, Employees, Talent Assessments & Surveys, Executive & Leadership Development, Employee Learning & Development; Professional Development, Accelerated Learning/Mobile Learning/Distance Learning/Technology Devices/Simulations, Career Development, Team Building & Effectiveness, Onboarding/Preceptorship, Competencies, Communication Strategies/Plans; Organizational Communications, Materials & Writing, Human Capital Strategies, Human Capital Scorecard/Dashboard /Measurement/Metrics, Program Management, Project Management, Implementation & Execution.  

CEO & Founder: M. Sayyadi & Associates Consulting, Inc.

Leadership Team Member: Sayyadi Leadership Solutions, Inc.

Personal Website 2: https://mostafasayyadi.weebly.com/ 

Personal Website 3: https://sites.google.com/view/prof-mostafasayyadi/

Selected Case Studies: https://sites.google.com/view/mostafasayyadicasewriter/

Former Leadership Team Member of The Change Leader, Inc. (San Diego, USA), (CEO: Dr. Drumm McNaughton, Former Chairman of Institute of Management Consultants USA).

Leadership Team Member: The DS Consulting Group, Inc. (UAE) 

Former Vice-President of Motivational Leadership Training, Inc. (Miami, Florida), (President: A/Professor Michael J. Provitera).

Hotel Management Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/professorsayyadi-hotelmanager

Over the past decade, I checked my email every day. Now, as a retired professor of practice, I am no longer able to do the same.

Health Situation: Very Good.

Professor Sayyadi, in collaboration with Professor Michael J. Provitera from Miami, Florida, is the co-founder of the Level Up Leadership Theory. Test your Level Up Leadership capability here:

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