Dr. Horan is an expert in cross-cultural leadership and career transitions. She is the founder of The Horan Group, which helps organizations build inclusive workplaces and works with individuals on career transitions.

She is an internationally recognized speaker and author of I Wish I’d Known That Earlier in My Career: The Power of Positive Workplace Politics, a book used by corporate universities and career coaches globally. She is also the author of How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations. Based on her doctoral research, the book explores how to use storytelling to show new perspectives on the future of leadership and careers. She has also published Now It's Clear The Career You Own and many articles on women leaders, office politics, and career transitions for Bloomberg, Business Week, Human Resource Review, Quartz, The Economist Intelligence Unit, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, and other publications.

With over twenty years working with companies such as Kraft, Disney, and GE, Dr. Horan uses her knowledge to help organizations build inclusive and engaged workplaces. Her consulting work includes Fortune 100 firms such as, BP, Credit Suisse, Covidien, HP, McDonalds, Microsoft, Monsanto, Jones Lang LaSalle, Syngenta, SingTel, Toshiba, and VMWare. By recognizing what matters most to succeed, she provides both sound advice and practical tools to help organizations retain and engage talent.