Richard Boyatzis is one of the world’s leading experts in leadership development and emotional intelligence (EI). Gregarious and humorous, he is a charismatic speaker whose research on human behavior has revolutionized management education. His work has had an impact on the management of human resources around the world and helped spawn a whole new industry of competency consultants, researchers, academics and executive coaches.

His latest book, Resonant Leadership (Harvard Business School Press), written with Annie McKee and published in 16 languages, outlines concrete ways to create the resonance that fuels great leadership. According to Boyatzis, resonant leaders, by establishing deep emotional connections with others, bring out the best in their people and build resilient, adaptive organizations.

He also is the author, with Dan Goleman and Annie McKee, of Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, which unveiled new scientific evidence demonstrating that a leader’s emotional competencies have an enormous impact on effectiveness and an organization’s bottom line. A Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and New York Times business bestseller, Primal Leadership has been translated into 28 languages.
 
Boyatzis consults internationally and leads a landmark course for the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He currently is Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case Western and in Human Resources at ESADE in Barcelona, one of the top business schools in the world. He also is a frequent guest lecturer at management schools throughout Europe and the U.S. Stressing “emotional competencies” as a way to succeed in any job, Boyatzis teaches how to become an effective leader and how to develop others into great leaders. Dan Goleman, author of the bestseller Emotional Intelligence, credits Dr. Boyatzis as a major influence in the development of his groundbreaking work.

Boyatzis was President and CEO of McBer Company, an organizational and management consulting firm, for 11 years and COO of Yankelovich, Skelly & White for two years. He has consulted to many Fortune 500 and Global Fortune 500 companies, educational and healthcare organizations, and government agencies in such areas as executive development, coaching, culture change, R&D, and productivity.
 

Engaging and life-transforming....His humor, practical suggestions and depth of understanding were immensely helpful.

G & S Metals, Inc.

He holds a B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University. He has written over 100 articles on leadership, motivation, behavioral change, emotional intelligence and managerial competencies. His other books include The Competent Manager and Transforming Qualitative Information.

Boyatzis describes his work as an exploration of “how and why people change. It is a way of thinking about your talent, who you are, and what you want to do with it. My hope,” he says, “is that we can rediscover the power of the human spirit.” His highly interactive style draws audiences into new levels of Awareness.