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 strong commitment to integrating theory 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 large-scale 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, more recently, the application of neuroscience to leadership and change. 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. Dr. Steynberg also serves as a study leader for intern industrial psychologists and remains actively engaged in research-informed teaching, mentorship, and applied