Mary Lang helps leaders communicate effectively, particularly during times of organizational change.

Lang brings over twenty years of corporate, consulting, and entrepreneurial business experience to the classroom. This allows her to translate theory effectively into tested practices. A proponent of action research, Lang has developed theoretical communication models of clarity, socio-technical system renewal, and change in organizations, which she regularly tests in leading organizations. This ensures that her models are effective, and that her teaching stays relevant for today’s MBAs. Mary Lang now teaches strategic communication at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and continues to coach in the Mastery in Communication Initiative.

Mary Lang has been at Stanford since 2007, when she joined the Graduate School of Business as a writing coach, working with individual MBA students in the inaugural year of the Critical Analytical Thinking (CAT) course. Since then she has worked continuously in the Mastery in Communication Initiative, coaching individual students, mentoring other coaches, co-creating the writing element for CAT, and teaching the writing seminars at the GSB.

Mary Lang now teaches the elective MBA course in strategic communication at Stanford’s GSB, and continues to serve as a Coach and the Assistant Director for the Mastery in Communication Initiative. She has also taught communication in both public university systems in California.

Lang has over twenty years of management and leadership experience in corporate, consulting, and entrepreneurial settings. In the corporate world, Lang has led business transformation, marketing, and sales divisions, for the Random House publishing arm of the Bertelsmann media organization. Lang’s entrepreneurial experience includes work with technology start-ups, professional services organizations, restaurants, and consumer products companies.

Mary Lang’s consulting focuses on organizational change, organizational culture, and strategic communication. She consults with leading organizations, including the California Department of Veterans Affairs, Southern California Edison, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Mary Lang received an M.A. from the Annenberg School for Communication (University of Southern California), and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego. She is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association's Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the International Communication Association, and the Management Communication Association.