Sally Maitlis
Sally Maitlis, is a British psychologist and academic, who specialises in work psychology and organisational behaviour. Since 2014, she has been Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Personal life
Maitlis was born in 1965 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Peter Maitlis, was a chemist and academic, and her mother Marion Maitlis was a linguist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She has two sisters including journalist Emily Maitlis, who described her as "the rebel who pushed all the boundaries". She has two daughters.Education and career
Maitlis studied psychology at University College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1986. She then became a research assistant at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, before joining Saville and Holdsworth Ltd as an occupational psychologist in 1988. She joined the University of Sheffield in 1991 as a research scientist in its Social and Applied Psychology Unit. She also undertook a Doctor of Philosophy degree which Sheffield awarded her in 1998 for a doctoral thesis titled "Symphonic dances: a study of deciison making in British symphony orchestras". She spent 1998 as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.In 1999, Maitlis joined the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2007 and made Professor of Organizational Behavior in 2014. Then, also in 2014, she was appointed Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
In addition to her main academic career in work psychology, she has an interest in counselling psychology and psychotherapy. She completed a Master of Education degree in counselling psychology with the University of British Columbia in 2012, and a clinical diploma in integrative psychotherapy with the Metanoia Institute in 2021. Although initially a hobby, she has worked as an integrative psychotherapist since 2012.