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A personality psychologist on the Coaches50

Maja Djikic, a personality psychologist at Rotman, has been named to the Thinkers50 2026 Coaches50 list of the world’s leading executive coaches. She runs the school’s Self-Development Lab, directs its Executive Coaching Certificate program, and has had research featured in over 50 media outlets.

Maja Djikic, an associate professor of organizational behaviour and human resource management at the Rotman School of Management, has been named to the Thinkers50 2026 Coaches50 list. Announced every two years and supported by Coaching.com, the list celebrates fifty executive coaches who contribute to leadership, management and organizations around the world.

A personality psychologist specializing in adult development, she is executive director of the Self-Development Lab at Rotman, which offers feedback-based learning activities aimed at building communication and interpersonal skills.

She is also academic director of the Rotman Executive Coaching Certificate program, and her research has been featured in over 50 media outlets.

Reported from Rotman School Professor among the world’s leading executive coaches (Rotman School of Management news, August 17, 2026).

More from the original reporting: www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-and-ideas/news-and-stories/2026/august-2026/maja-djikic-rotman-professor-leading-executive-coaches/

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