Dr. Rina Steynberg Commences Post-Doctoral Research in Leadership and Organisational Change at Monarch
Monarch is pleased to welcome Dr. Rina Steynberg to its Post-Doctoral / Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) program. Dr. Steynberg joins Monarch as an established academic and practitioner in the fields of leadership, organisational culture, and change, bringing with her a distinguished record of scholarly inquiry and applied professional experience. Her post-doctoral engagement reflects Monarch’s commitment to supporting advanced, publication-oriented research undertaken by experienced doctoral scholars within an international academic framework.
Dr. Rina Steynberg is a South African academic and management scholar specialising in leadership, organisational culture, and change management. She currently serves as a Lecturer in Business Management at Akademia, where she teaches and supervises postgraduate students in leadership and change. Dr. Steynberg holds a Doctor of Commerce (DCom) in Leadership and Change from the University of Johannesburg, with doctoral research focused on people-integration processes during mergers and acquisitions. She also earned her Honours and Master’s degrees in Human Resources Management from the University of Pretoria, the latter awarded cum laude. Her academic work reflects a sustained commitment to integrating scholarly rigour with lived organisational practice.
With over thirty years of industry experience, more than twenty of which were spent as a management consultant., Dr. Steynberg has led and advised on complex organisational transformation initiatives across sectors including mining, energy, finance, higher education, and professional associations. Her scholarly and professional interests centre on leadership, organisational culture, transformation, team dynamics, and the strategic integration of these domains with business processes. She is a published author and contributor to academic textbooks, including a chapter on change navigation for the University of South Africa, and is a frequent speaker at professional and academic forums. In parallel, she serves as a study leader for intern industrial psychologists and remains actively engaged in research-informed teaching, mentorship, and applied scholarship.
Post-Doctoral Research
Dr. Steynberg’s post-doctoral research at Monarch builds on this foundation by advancing an interdisciplinary inquiry into the role of neuroscience in leadership, organisational culture, and change. Drawing on her prior doctoral work, extensive consulting experience, and specialised training in neuroanatomy, neuro-coaching, and neuroscience for business, her research seeks to formalise and critically examine how neuroscientific insights can deepen understanding of executive decision-making, resilience, wellbeing, and cultural transformation in organisations. Her post-doctoral agenda is designed to translate fragmented professional insights into a coherent scholarly contribution, resulting in peer-reviewed publications and a reflective doctoral manuscript with potential for future book development. This work exemplifies Monarch’s post-doctoral ethos: rigorous, reflective scholarship that bridges academic theory and real-world leadership practice.
The Monarch Post-Doctoral Program
Monarch’s Post-Doctoral / Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) model provides a distinctive pathway for experienced scholars and senior professionals who hold a doctoral title and seek to consolidate their intellectual legacy through advanced, publication-oriented scholarship. Designed for candidates with substantial academic or professional capital, the program enables scholars such as Dr. Steynberg to transform accumulated expertise, applied insight, and prior research into a coherent body of post-doctoral work, without disengaging from active academic or professional roles. The tuition-based structure supports both institutionally sponsored candidates and self-funded professionals who recognise the value of structured, high-level scholarly development. In this sense, the Monarch D.Litt. functions not as a second doctorate, but as a reflective and integrative scholarly platform: one that affirms academic standing, deepens disciplinary contribution, and enables experienced researchers to produce enduring intellectual work with international relevance.
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