Education
Doctor of Philosophy – CommunicationTexas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Dissertation: When sugar turns to sh%&: Immediate action decision-making and resilience in high reliability teams
Advisor: Dr. J. Kevin Barge
December 2011
Master of Arts – Applied Communication
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana Thesis: The impossible boss: Coping with a narcissistic boss
Advisor: Dr. Ron Sandwina
July 2007
Bachelor of Science – Criminology
Minor - Communication
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
July 1997
Courses Taught
• MGMT 309 Survey of Management (Online version of course rolled out to 450 students in summer 2019. I currently teach the course every semester to 1000 students and in the summer to an additional 500).• MGMT 422 Management Consulting
• MGMT 639 Negotiation in Competitive Environments
• MGMT 655 Survey of Management
• MGMT 439 Negotiation
• MGMT 363 Managing People in Organizations (Taught in live format and developed as an online class summer 2021).
• MGMT 705 Strategic Human Capital.
• MGMT 440 Creativity and Innovation in Business
• MGMT 640 Managing Creativity and Innovation in Business
Biography
Dr. Bradley Wesner is a management, leadership, communication, and teamwork specialist at Texas A&M University. Brad’s Bachelor’s Degree was in Criminology, and he worked as a law enforcement officer for several years in Indianapolis before making a transition into the insurance industry. As an insurance settlement specialist, Brad was instrumental in revolutionizing settlement practices for CNA Insurance and AIG where he developed a process for settlement of long-term disability and worker’s compensation claims. After working to train individuals within those organizations on the new practice, he decided to return to advance his education and pursue his Ph.D. After receiving his Master’s degree in Applied Communication through Indiana University in 2007, he pursued and received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University 2011. Brad has extensive experience in working with teams and teamwork and has focused on development of high-performance teams and rapid resilience practices with his current body of research focusing on those topics. Brad has served as a trainer and consultant for a variety of profit and non-profit organizations including Univision and Heico Corporation, and is known for his dynamic training style and ability to make complex theory understandable and applicable to the modern business organization. Brad is the author of two books including “Bubba Can Dance: Winning at Work, a text detailing success factors associated with high performance in the workplace. He lives with his wife Kylene, daughter Anastasia, son Dominic, and Greyhound Gizmo in College Station, Texas and is an avid fisherman and French chef in his spare time.
