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Where the Classroom Meets the Career.
Dr. Tracy Shroyer is an Assistant Professor of Business, researcher, author, and career strategist whose work sits at the intersection of leadership, organizational behavior, and career development.
Assistant Professor of Business
Assistant Professor at Ohio Dominican University since 2023, following 12+ years as adjunct faculty at three universities. Teaching leadership, organizational behavior, HRM, and business strategy.
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Helping professionals navigate career transitions, advancement, and reinvention through coaching, resume writing, LinkedIn strategy, and personalized guidance. Since 2014.
Visit Career Compass →Core Areas of Focus
Dr. Shroyer's scholarship and practice converge across five interconnected domains, each one grounded in real-world relevance and the belief that knowledge should serve people, not just institutions.
Leadership
Exploring what effective leadership looks like in modern organizations and how leaders shape culture, trust, and performance over time.
Organizational Behavior
Understanding how people behave within organizations, how teams function, and how workplace systems influence outcomes at every level.
Career Strategy
Helping people navigate layoffs, transitions, reinvention, and next-step career decisions with intention, clarity, and confidence.
Human Resource Management
Examining hiring, development, employee experience, and the structures that shape workforce engagement and organizational effectiveness.
Teaching & Learning Design
Creating engaging, student-centered learning experiences that bridge theory and practice, connecting classroom concepts to real-world application.
AI & the Future of Work
Examining the impact of emerging technology on careers, learning, and organizational life — with a human-centered lens.
Meet Dr. Tracy Shroyer
I am an Assistant Professor of Business with a passion for helping people understand both the systems they work in and the strategies they need to thrive within them. My work spans teaching, research, writing, and career development.
In the classroom, I guide students through topics like leadership, management, organizational behavior, and human resource management. Beyond the classroom, I help professionals navigate career transitions, reposition their experience, and move forward with greater clarity.
"I am deeply interested in how organizations function, how people lead, and how individuals make meaningful career decisions."
"The best career advice comes from someone who has lived it, studied it, and taught it — and I have done all three."
Books, Tools, and Ideas
Published resources designed to meet people where they are — providing both strategic frameworks and practical tools for navigating career change and professional growth.
Managing Layoffs: 24 Tips to Downsize with Dignity
A practical, compassionate guide for organizational leaders and HR professionals facing the difficult task of workforce reduction. This resource offers actionable guidance on how to conduct layoffs with respect, transparency, and care — protecting both people and organizational culture.
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Ultimate Job Search Journal
A structured, strategy-driven resource for professionals actively navigating their job search. Designed to bring clarity, intention, and momentum to what can feel like an overwhelming process — helping job seekers organize their search, track applications, and stay focused with purpose and confidence.
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My scholarship and writing explore organizational dynamics, leadership, layoffs, career transitions, and the deeply human experience of professional change.
Blending Hands-On Learning and AI to Boost Student Engagement and Workforce Readiness
Explores how integrating active learning strategies with AI tools enhances student engagement and better prepares graduates for workforce demands.
Read more →The Relationship Between Team Psychological Safety and Voluntary Turnover Intention
A quantitative study examining how psychological safety within manufacturing teams relates to employees' intention to voluntarily leave their organizations. Co-authored with S. Bowen.
Read more →Embracing Humility: The Key to Personal Growth and Leadership
Explores how humility functions as a leadership strength, drawing on research and real-world organizational experience.
Read more →Layoff Scholar With Real-World Experience & Career Coach
Featured interview covering Tracy's research on layoffs, personal career disruption, and her work helping professionals navigate transitions.
Read more →Ultimate Job Search Journal
A structured, strategy-driven workbook helping professionals organize their job search with clarity and confidence.
Read more →Navigating Life's Detours: A Journey of Personal and Professional Revitalization
Personal essay on resilience, reinvention, and the transformative power of professional disruption.
Read more →Are Instructional Design Graduates Ready for the Real World? A Panel Discussion
Panel discussion examining the gap between instructional design academic preparation and real-world professional expectations. Co-authored with A. Leach and C. North.
Read more →Managing Layoffs: 24 Tips to Downsize with Dignity
Dissertation-grounded guide for organizational leaders on conducting layoffs with respect, transparency, and care.
Read more →Personal & Professional Experiences of Downsizing Managers
Doctoral research examining the lived experiences of managers tasked with conducting workforce reductions — the foundational work behind the Managing Layoffs book.
Read more →Selected Presentations
Keynotes, breakout sessions, and poster presentations at national and international conferences.
From QR Codes to Crosswords: Revolutionizing Management Education with Hands-On Learning
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning
Early Detection Changed My Life
Invest in You: Manage Uncertainty through Upskilling
Not Just a Number: Leading with Humanity Through Employee Separations
Speaking and Workshop Topics
An evidence-informed, engaging, and deeply practical voice for speaking engagements and workshops — blending research insights with real-world relevance.
Leadership & the Human Side of Organizations
What it takes to lead with clarity, empathy, and effectiveness in today's complex workplaces.
Navigating Layoffs & Career Disruption
Practical frameworks for individuals and organizations facing unexpected professional change.
Career Strategy for Changing Times
How to make intentional, informed career decisions in an uncertain and fast-moving world.
AI, Work & the Future of Career Development
Examining the impact of emerging technology on careers, learning, and organizational life.
Three Shows. One Mission.
Each podcast explores a different dimension of the work I care about most — career development, human-centered technology, and personal resilience.
From Students & Clients
Tracy was incredible to work with. Not only did she understand my field and provide helpful tips, but she was able to share her own experiences.
Tracy was patient and understanding in her coaching — she not only created an awesome resume for me, but also provided the confidence boost I needed to push me towards the transition.
Thank you for all of your support. I am very happy with the final documents and with the guidance you provided via the LinkedIn audit.
Absolutely loved her. She was willing to help us anytime we needed it, replied to emails, helped me in her office hours, graded papers quickly, and more! I loved how she added hands-on activities to explain topics instead of constantly having lectures every class period. Very interactive class and showed me my love for leadership and management.
Dr. Shroyer was easily one of my favorite teachers I have ever had. She made class fun and engaging every day and incorporated activities to really make sure the students knew what they were doing.
This course was very interesting and engaging. I learned a lot about how to be an effective and good leader in the workplace, extracurricular activities, and life.
Why This Work Matters to Me
I care deeply about helping people make sense of work — not just the mechanics of it, but the meaning, the uncertainty, and the very human experience of navigating professional life. That means helping students prepare for their futures with confidence, helping professionals navigate disruption with resilience, and helping audiences think more critically about leadership, organizations, and career change.
My own experience with professional transition — including a layoff after 27 years — sharpened this commitment. Moving through uncertainty firsthand deepened my understanding of how disorienting, and how transformative, career disruption can be.