Melvin is a professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior and is faculty director of executive education at the Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. He is also chairman of the board of the Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC). Melvin received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from the University of Pittsburgh. He is co-author (with Richard Boyatzis and Ellen Van Oosten) of the book, Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth (Harvard Business Review Press).