In each of her roles, Alison Fragale is passionate about empowering people — especially women — to get what they want, at work and in life.

Alison applies her academic and corporate expertise in negotiation, power, status and influence to help individuals and organizations excel. Her clients are high-performing organizations and industry groups that understand the importance of empowering their teams with cutting-edge, science-based strategies for success.

Alison is a tenured professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. Her academic research on negotiation, and the determinants and consequences of power, status, and hierarchy, have been published in her field’s top academic journals. She is also the author of Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve, which will be published by Penguin Random House in September 2024.

Prior to her academic career, Alison worked as a consultant for McKinsey and Company, Inc. She holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Alison resides in Chicago with her husband and her three children, who are all named after professional athletes. She also loves, in no particular order: cheap coffee, not-so-cheap wine, fabulous shoes, sushi, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Peloton workouts, Hallmark movies, and The Golden Girls.

Programs available:

Being Your Own Best Advocate

Leading From Where You Are: Women’s Power, Advocacy and Influence

Building a Powerhouse Network

Likeable Badass