Geno’s multidisciplinary approach, dynamic personality, and astute insights have guided leaders in the U.S., England, Poland, Kenya, the Czech Republic, and Iceland. Clients at organizations such as MedImmune, Fannie Mae, Zurich Insurance, the National Institutes of Health, the American Institute of Architects, Johns Hopkins Health System, Stanford University, and the University of Virginia have trusted him as coach, facilitator, trainer, and advisor. He is also the designer and faculty director for the innovative Executive Leadership Institute, an action learning fellowship for urban leaders and librarians.

Geno is an internationally recognized expert on the FIRO-B, an instrument for measuring interpersonal and group relations. His practical publications from Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. have been translated into seven languages and are used around the globe.

Prior to his work as an independent coach and consultant, Geno was an award-winning professor in the areas of leadership, negotiation, and innovation for the Carey Program in Entrepreneurship at the Johns Hopkins University. He also served the university for six years as director of organization development and diversity.

Geno has a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and an M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and an M.S. in adult learning/human resources development and a B.S. in psychology from the University of Rochester.