
Anika Gakovic, Ph.D
Anika is a trusted coach and business psychologist who helps leaders and their teams to advance strategic goals and better serve their customers. Anika is an expert in her field, advancing skills and creating transformational change in high-performing enterprises. As Director of Learning at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Anika modernized the learning strategy and enabled the people side of digital transformation for the organization. As Executive Director for Leadership Edge at JP Morgan Chase, Anika designed and executed global management programs to drive culture, engagement, and retention. In her roles as Head of Organizational Effectiveness for Oppenheimer Funds and Talent Executive at New York Life Insurance Company, she coached executive leaders and high potential employees, enabled salesforce transformation, and facilitated senior team offsites in order to drive strategic alignment.
Earlier in her career, Anika created and implemented professional development, employee engagement and change solutions as talent program manager at HSBC Private Bank and UBS Wealth Management. She has served as adjunct faculty at University of Houston where she completed her PhD in Industrial Organizational Psychology and has presented at the Conference Board, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), Association for Talent Development (ATD), and Chief Learning Officer Exchange. Anika has served on the Board of Directors for New York HR Planning Society (NYHRPS) and contributed as a coach for the Entrepreneurs Challenge Competition at New York University Stern School of Business. She is a member of Contemporary Leadership Advisors, Global Leadership Council, and Consortium for Change.
