Dr. Sasha Galbraith is a current partner of Galbraith Management Consultants, an international consulting firm founded by her husband, Dr. Jay Galbraith, specializing in solving strategy and organizational design challenges across corporate, business unit, and international levels. Dr. Sasha Galbraith’s expertise focuses on executive women and their progression in corporate hierarchy and provides consulting services to large multi-national organizations regarding women in management and diversity issues.

Before joining Galbraith Management Consultants, Dr. Galbraith was Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank in California and spent eight years in the commercial real estate investment advisory industry. She received her Ph.D. in Economic Science from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland with her thesis, “Women-Designed Organizations: Are they Different?” Prior to receiving her Ph.D., she earned her MBA from the University of Southern California. Dr. Galbraith also holds a Bachelor’s degree in genetics from the University of California at Berkeley.

With recent studies showing the rise of women-owned businesses, Dr. Galbraith provides counsel and speaks on how women-designed businesses differ from male-designed organizations in structure, business processes, human resource practices and culture. Her research is well received by both genders in organizations who wish to retain their top producers and attract new talent.

Dr. Galbraith is the author of “Anatomy of a Business: What It Is, What It Does, and How It Works,” an entertaining look at business from every angle for the lay person. A “business book with attitude,” the 12 chapters whisk readers through the history of commerce beginning in 5000 BC with the ancient Sumerians and continuing up to complex modern-day practices. The “A Day In The Life of . . .” sections offer valuable insights for aspiring CEO’s, CFO’s, marketing managers, and business students.

Dr. Galbraith is Swiss and American and is fluent in English, French, and German.

Blog Entries by Dr. Sasha Galbraith

Three-Quarters of a Man

Posted November 20, 2009 | 02:40 PM (EST)


That's what women in the U.S. are worth - economically speaking. On average, women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. It's similar in other countries. In the United Kingdom, the pay gap decreased to 22 percent this year - that means women there earn 78 pence for...

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A Women's Nation Changes Everything: Or Does It?

3 Comments | Posted October 29, 2009 | 05:46 PM (EST)


According to The Shriver Report: A Women's Nation Changes Everything, we women have finally made it. Although the report focuses mainly on women with families, it tells us that women are now 50 percent of the paid workforce. Never mind that the current recession has skewed the statistics more toward...

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Want Less Risk? Hire More Women!

7 Comments | Posted October 5, 2009 | 05:39 PM (EST)


The Fed wants to corral the risks that banks take. Too many high-flying bets on sketchy mortgages and financial products that no one really understood got banks into a heap of trouble. So to encourage smarter and less risky practices, the Fed has proposed compensation limits on not only the...

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Who's The Boss? Why More Women Are Not in the Corner Office

28 Comments | Posted August 19, 2009 | 02:19 PM (EST)


Are women better managers than men? The embers of this tired gender debate are blazing with new and fiery fodder, fueled by recent propositions in the media. The New York Times' "No Doubts: Women Are Better Managers" (July 26, 2009) and "Room for Debate: Do Women Make Better Bosses?" are...

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