Michael Roberto is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. He joined the tenured faculty at Bryant after serving for six years on the faculty at Harvard Business School.
Professor Roberto has published three books: Unlocking Creativity, Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes For An Answer, and Know What You Don’t Know. Professor Roberto also has created three best-selling audio/video lecture series for The Great Courses: The Art of Critical Decision Making, Transformational Leadership, and Critical Business Skills: Strategy. He has published many case studies ranked by Harvard Business Publishing as best-sellers, including publications about Viking Cruises, Tractor Supply, Zola, Boeing, Trader Joe’s, and Planet Fitness. He has ranked as high as #25 on The Case Centre’s list of best-selling case study authors in the world.
Professor Roberto's research and teaching have earned several major awards. The Everest Leadership and Team Simulation (co-authored with Amy Edmondson) won top prize in the eLearning category at the 16th Annual MITX Interactive Awards. His multimedia case study (co-authored with Amy Edmondson & Richard Bohmer) about the 2003 space shuttle accident, titled Columbia's Final Mission, earned the software industry's prestigious Codie Award. On the teaching front, Professor Roberto is a 13-time winner of the Outstanding MBA Teaching Award at Bryant University. He also has won Harvard’s Allyn Young Prize for Teaching on two occasions.
Professor Roberto has taught in the leadership development programs and consulted at a number of firms including Deloitte, Target, Mars, Google, Apple, FedEx, Disney, Morgan Stanley, IBM, Amica, and Textron. He’s also presented at numerous government organizations including the FBI, NASA, Joint Special Operations Command, the Air War College, NATO, West Point, and the Secret Service. Over the past 20 years, Professor Roberto has served on the faculty at the Nomura School of Advanced Management in Tokyo, where he teaches in an executive program each summer. Professor Roberto also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Montrose School, an all-girls school in Medfield, MA.
Professor Roberto received an A.B. with honors from Harvard College in 1991. He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1995, graduating as a George F. Baker Scholar. He also received his doctorate from Harvard Business School in 2000.