Ksenia Zheltoukhova
Head of Research and Thought Leadership
CIPD
Ksenia is Head of Research and Thought Leadership at CIPD, responsible for research innovation and capability development. Since joining in 2013 she led a number of projects, including a major research programme, Profession for the Future, investigating principles-based approach to professional standards as a way of driving ethical and sustainable decision-making by the business.
Prior to the CIPD, Ksenia was a researcher at The Work Foundation, working on Future of HR, Leadership, and Health and Well-being streams. With a background in organisational psychology, she holds a PhD in Management from Lancaster University, where her research examined the effects of leaders’ sacrificial behaviours on followers.