Hanna Hasl-Kelchner

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner is a multi-award winning author who takes an unflinching look at business leadership by speaking truth to power. Foreward Reviews calls her recent book Seeking Fairness at Work: Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction “pithy and persuasive,” while BookLife Review compares it to Kim Scott’s Radical Respect and Kim Dabb’s You Belong Here. Hanna brings a unique perspective to the table, growing up in an entrepreneurial family, running a business before age 30, and blending it with decades practicing business law. These experiences enable her to successfully bridge the social psychological, legal, and practical aspects of workplace dynamics, allowing her to be a trusted advisor to influential decision makers ranging from startups to the S&P 500, Big Tobacco, and the White House, as well as serving on the faculty at two top-ranked MBA programs (The Duke University Fuqua School of Management and the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business). These days Hanna is best known for her work as a business strategist, member of the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics Education, and as host of her popular syndicated podcast, Business Confidential Now. She’s toying with an anniversary edition of her first book, The Business Guide to Legal Literacy: What Every Manger Should Know About the Law (Jossey-Bass, 2006) and plans to flip a coin soon. In the meantime, you can follow her on LinkedIn, YouTube, Substack, and X (formerly Twitter).