Harry Hutson is a leadership development professional who serves local and global organizations as a coach, consultant, and facilitator. Harry helps build cultures characterized by accomplishment and belonging. He applies ideas grounded in social science or drawn from his own experience to help people feel safe and get out of their own way.

For 25 years, Harry served in senior HR and organizational development roles in four industries: power (Cummins), office products and packaging (Avery Dennison), IT (Global Knowledge), and energy (Devon Energy). As an independent contractor for 25 years, Harry’s work ranges across for-profit, nonprofit, education, and government sectors in the US and abroad. His clients are startups, multinationals, universities, and foundations. Harry coaches leaders; most often, C-level executives, senior functional heads or high potential managers. In 2024, Harry was selected by Inc Magazine as a “Top Executive Coach to Watch.”

Harry has been a Professor at Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina; a Master Coach with the Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology; and a coach with Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. His books are Navigating an Organizational Crisis: When Leadership Matters Most (with Martha Johnson, Praeger, 2016), which explores leadership behaviors in critical situations. Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations (with Barry Dym; Sage, 2005) describes successful strategies in the nonprofit sector. Putting Hope to Work: Five Principles to Activate Your Organization’s Most Powerful Resource (with Barbara Perry; Praeger, 2006), defines hope as a choice. His second book with Barbara is Hope in Action, a 2025 Armin Lear title.

Harry’s degrees are B.A., Hamilton College; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; A.M., Stanford University School of Education; Ph.D., Indiana University. He currently resides in Maryland and New York. www.harryhutson.com