Nate Allen

Nate Allen has a PhD in Management and Technology with a focus on Organizational and Leader Development from George Washington University’s business school. He also has an MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and an MBA from University of Colorado. Nate’s expertise and passion include leadership, leader and team development, executive coaching, organizational learning, innovation and strategy.

A 1990 graduate of West Point, Nate completed Ranger and Airborne training, and served as an infantry officer in Army units throughout the US and in Somalia and Iraq. Nate served as a Director in the Army’s Office of Business Transformation in the Pentagon, and as a professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he taught leadership. He designed and taught executive-level Master’s courses at National Defense University on subjects related to Leadership, Organizational Culture and Change, Decision Making and Strategy.

Nate coauthored two books, Taking the Guidon, and Company Command: Unleashing the Power of the Army Profession. He was recognized among Fast Company magazine’s Top 50 Innovators Internationally in 2002 for work in connecting leaders laterally across the Army. This initiative was cited in Harvard Business Review’s “Breakthrough Ideas for 2006”. Nate lives in Virginia with his wife, Joan, and their three children, Ashley, Kristi, and Ryan.