dr. gae goodwin

Dr. Goodwin is resourceful, fearless, and relevant; She is a transformative Global Human Resources Leader who drives business successes for small start-ups right through to Fortune 500 organizations. Her award-winning reputation for progressive human capital management, innovative process improvement initiatives, and proactive risk mitigation is a testimony to her ability to be a thought leader in all aspects of HR. 

Dr. Goodwin’s experience in collaborating with business partners to create and implement people-focused strategies has equipped her with outstanding organizational design, total rewards management, risk management, and full-cycle employee development skills. Not only is she passionate about helping organizations implement change management projects, but Dr. Goodwin’s natural curiosity and problem-solving skills help her innovate tech-savvy and future-ready HR solutions. 

As an all-inclusive leader, her philosophy of supporting the whole team to win enables her to mobilize and develop teams to increase their agility and exceed performance benchmarks. C-level executives and co-workers have expressed their gratitude for her level of hard work, and has constantly rewarded for her for her ability to keep an open mind while implementing positive organizational and administrative changes. These include her expertise in leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A), increasing annual profitability by consolidating operations, and correcting production inefficiencies by designing organizationally effective teams. 

Dr. Goodwin various qualifications in Human Resource Management partnered with her decisiveness and good judgment have equipped her with an exceptional work ethic, discipline, and the laser-focus to not only meet her personal goals but to also create positive workplaces for rapidly changing, and high growth companies. She prides herself on being able to go out of her way to bring people together, build winning teams, and collaborate across globally diverse audiences. 

Dr. Goodwin believes that HR is never boring and that there are always new innovations in technology to learn. Over the years, her friendly and outgoing personality has allowed her to make many solid business contacts and she looks forward to further growing her career.

Adjunct Professor

From an early age, Dr. Goodwin dreamed of obtaining a Doctorate degree and becoming a college professor. As a result of her heard work and dedication to this goal, Dr. Goodwin recently earned a Doctorate from Abilene Christian University, where she studied Organizational Leadership. Additionally, she received a Master of Science in Human Resources Management from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Operations from DeVry Institute of Technology. Dr. Goodwin recently fulfilled her dream when she accepted a position as an adjunct professor at Abilene Christian University where she excels at helping students……… . Go Wildcats!

You can read her dissertation here: 

https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/237/

You can read her Faculty Spotlight here: 

https://acu.edu/2021/10/12/faculty-spotlight-gae-goodwin/

For over twenty years Dr. Goodwin has navigated the regional, national and international stage. She counts among her greatest accomplishments mentoring and coaching others while also advocating on their behalf. 

As a fearless workplace advocate, Dr. Goodwin encourages everyone to stop comparing themselves to others because their life and /or career path has not yet landed them their desired results. Instead focus on developing self-advocacy, leadership, and conflict negotiation skills that will lead to building better workplace relationships and enhanced collaboration skills. 

Additionally, Dr. Goodwin is devoted to creating safe and dignified workplaces by advocating on behalf of all employees to address workplace issues, practices, and policies. This work often leads her to helping leaders create flexible workplaces that embrace everyone. 

Dr. Goodwin has volunteered with The First Tee of Greater Dallas, Boy Scouts of America, and was the former Director of Dallas HR’s Workforce Readiness group where she emphasized the benefits of supporting veterans, developing transformational leaders, and reducing communication barriers between multi-generational workers.

Dr. Goodwin is making an impact on the community by being an active member of the Alliance Texas HR Group, Society for Human Resource Management, and Dallas HR. She also serves the community by being an active Board of Directors member for several for several organizations. She was recently invited to serve as the Director of Curriculum Development for a 501c3 Non-Profit organization Center of inPOWERmeant Inc., that offers hope by providing a safe place to discover profound solutions that transform the trajectory in the lives of families. Additionally, she has served on the Workforce Solutions North Central Texas Workforce Development Board since January 2017 and was recently selected to join the Executive Committee as Board Secretary. Her work on this board earned her recognition as Board Member of the Year (2022). 

Dr. Goodwin continues to seek out new board opportunities that will allow her to make an impact on corporate and non-profit workplaces and the community.