Recently named one of the world’s top 40 business professors under 40 by Poets and Quants, Adam Grant has expertise that covers leadership, organizational change, employee motivation and engagement, negotiations, collaboration and team effectiveness, personality and self-awareness, and networks and social capital. He has taught and consulted for clients including Google, IBM, Merck, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the NFL, and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture among many others. He makes extensive use of experiential learning methods in his teaching and is the recipient of Wharton’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
Adam has received numerous awards for his research, which has been featured in bestselling books such as Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. His research has also been featured in outlets like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, USA Today, CNN, the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and Freakonomics.
Adam received his PhD and MS from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology and his BA from Harvard University, magna cum laude with highest honors in psychology and Phi Beta Kappa honors.
