Dr. Elias Aboujaoude's research shows that leaders emerge from unpredictable personal, psychological, and situational factors. His latest book, A Leader’s Destiny: Why Psychology, Personality, and Character Make All the Difference, cautions against relying on the often-marketed simplistic concepts of leadership and recommends organizations instead focus on the inherent psychological characteristics leaders need to be successful.

Effective leaders tell the right stories in the right way. Karen Eber, author of The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire, explains how to capitalize on the brain’s five factory settings to tell stories that harness emotion to make decisions, build trust, and develop consensus around ideas, strategy, and organizational culture.

Research shows that heart-centered curiosity differs from intellectual curiosity and leads to a better understanding of ourselves and others, and to happier and more productive organizations. Scott Shigeoka’s book Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World, based on his work at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, provides strategies for developing curiosity and explains why it is important to do so. 

Dr. Peter H. Kim, researcher in the field of trust and author of How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken and Repaired, shares surprising evidence-based insights about trust and trust violations. He describes how efforts to repair trust, such as apologies, can be ineffective or even harm relationships.