Dr. Samuel Edgeston

Dr. Samuel Edgeston has over a decade of experience in business leadership, organizational development, and academia. He held various leadership roles at universities in Arizona and Tennessee, contributing to program development, governance, and faculty leadership. Dr. Edgeston previously served in Tennessee as a Licensed Professional Coach-Counselor, a Board Certified Business Coach, and a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 mediator, bringing a multidisciplinary lens to complex organizational challenges. In addition to his teaching roles, Dr. Edgeston has served as an executive, corporate, leadership, and business coach and consultant in Arizona, partnering with organizations to strengthen leadership pipelines and organizational culture. His work includes supervising and training professionals and graduate students in mediation, practice management, governance, leadership development, continuity planning, succession planning, and entrepreneurial thinking, with an emphasis on practical application and real-world impact. Dr. Edgeston is a strong advocate for proactive development studies that emphasize business, management, executive leadership, followership, and executive presence, recognizing that effective leaders must both influence and be responsive to their stakeholders. His interests align with contemporary views of executive presence as the ability to project confidence, credibility, and gravitas in ways that inspire trust and motivate others to act. Currently, Dr. Edgeston is focused on advancing portfolio competence and engagement among current and future business professionals in organizational leadership, business consulting, and executive governance environments. His work is aimed at equipping leaders with the mindset and skills to navigate complex systems, cultivate high-impact followership, and demonstrate executive presence in both in-person and digital contexts.