Distinguished Communication Expert and Award-Winning Educator at Kelley School of Business
Professor Brenda Bailey-Hughes is an award-winning faculty member at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where she teaches communication and leadership courses. Prior to her academic career, she spent nearly a decade in human resources focusing on managerial training, mediation, and organizational development. Bailey-Hughes has established herself as a leading expert in communication training, coaching executives from Fortune 500 companies including P&G, Cummins Inc., Lockheed Martin, and John Deere. Her teaching excellence has been recognized through numerous awards, including a Global Classroom Fellowship, Community Engaged Learning Award, Faculty Excellence Award from Sung Kyun Kwan University Executive MBA program, four Innovative Teaching Awards, Alpha Kappa Psi Inspirational Teaching Award, and the Kelley School of Business Trustees Teaching Award. As a Top 20 LinkedIn Learning author with over 3 million viewers, she regularly presents on topics including empathy, trust, listening, influence, presentation skills, and customer service. Bailey-Hughes holds professional certifications as a WorldWorks coach, Leadership 360 coach, and is trained in the Keirsey Temperament profile. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Organizational Communication and Professional Development, bringing both academic rigor and practical application to her teaching and consulting work.