An expert in leadership and change management, Custodia Cabanas has authored numerous research works on organisational behaviour, being a regular collaborator with professors from Insead and Wharton in this field. Over the last years Professor Cabanas has extended her field of research toward strategic communication and has set up, and currently runs, the first observatory in the field in a Spanish business school.She holds a PhD and a MBA from IE University, and a Law Degree from Universidad Complutense, Madrid. She currently Chairs the Organisational Behaviour, Human Resources and Leadership Area at IE Business School, is the Academic Director of the Transformation with Purpose Fellowship.Author of numerous cases and research articles on change management and vision creation, strategic communication, and the role of feedback. She has participated in several projectsin conjunction with Insead and Wharton on cultural diversity, career change and leadership, including the Fontaneda case and the Castillo de Canena case, which received the case writing award in the EFMD case competition in 2016. Her multimedia documents are the most frequently used by students and professors in the Business School. She has recently published the book “Comunicar para Transformar ” (2015) and has participated writing a chapter in the book “Communication and Strategy”(2017).
