[citation needed] She began as a Visiting Scholar (2011–2013), then was offered the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, which she has held since 2013.

She has been a speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, and the World Business Forum, and has appeared on American Experience, Good Morning America, Bloomberg Television, CNBC's Moneywheel, The NewsHour, A&E's Biography, CNN's Money Line, and many other television programs.

In Forged in Crisis, Koehn explores what qualities make for a great leader, using the examples of Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Rachel Carson, and Frederick Douglass.

[6] She has devoted significant interest to women in leadership; has written two books about Oprah Winfrey, and had a role in Harvard's offering her an honorary doctorate.

[7] She describes herself as "an avid equestrian" and, on her personal website, as a "Teacher, Rider, Poet, Pilgrim".