Susan David

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Award-Winning Harvard Medical School Psychologist; TED Speaker; WSJ Bestselling Author of "Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life"

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Susan David Biography

Susan David, Ph.D. is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her TED Talk on the topic of emotional agility has been seen by more than 60 million people across various platforms, and is one of the most viewed talks of its year. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, and often appears on national radio and television.

Her focus is on how Emotional Agility contributes to effective people strategies, particularly in the areas of employee engagement, wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, high-performance leadership, and organizational culture change. David is also a co-founder and co-director of the Harvard-affiliated Institute of Coaching. She has developed the concept of Emotional Agility, recognized by the World Economic Forum as a key skill for the future, and provides keynotes on related topics including The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage, and Building Emotional Agility in Turbulent Times to Transform Work Culture.

David is a sought-after keynote speaker, coach, and consultant to C-suite executives, with a unique combination of pragmatic business experience and extensive scientific knowledge that enables her to help leaders meet the most pressing business challenges without losing sight of their most important asset: their people.

She routinely consults internationally at the most senior levels of large organizations and has extensive experience in industries as diverse as financial services, information technology, healthcare, utilities, pharmaceuticals, and mining. Her client list includes Ernst and Young Global, the World Economic Forum, BHP Billiton, Telstra, the United Nations Development Program, JP Morgan, GlaxoSmithKline, and Nestlé, among many other multinational firms.

David is author of the definitive "Oxford Handbook of Happiness" and "Beyond Goals." She also authored the top-rated Harvard Business Review article “Emotional Agility,” which was named as a Management Idea of the Year and was the impetus for her #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, “Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life,” which has been translated into 30 languages and received multiple awards.

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Susan David Speaking Topics

  • Building Emotional Agility

    Rapid technological change, globalization, and hybrid work have fundamentally disrupted the way we live. We are increasingly caught between organizational demands and environmental realities. Organizations need flexibility, teaming, customer-centricity, innovation, and inclusion. Yet at the same time, accelerated complexity conspires against positive change, leading to rigidity, strained relationships, and lower wellbeing. The demand for people and organizations to be agile has never been greater.

    Developed by Susan David, Ph.D., Emotional Agility is a practical, science-based roadmap. It’s a set of essential psychological skills for our fast-changing, complex world: skills that allow us to remain engaged, open, and values-connected, and to reincorporate our most challenging feelings as sources of energy, creativity, and insight.

    Emotional Agility is at the heart of mental health, leadership, culture, collaboration, and innovation—everything that matters to healthy people, organizations, and communities. Now more than ever, it is crucial. Thinkers50 recognized the Emotional Agility framework with its coveted Breakthrough Idea Award, noting, “Emotional Agility is the new currency for leading effectively” and The World Economic Forum calls Emotional Agility a “key skill for the future.”

    Emotional agility is a tool for everyone. Because our thoughts, emotions, and behavior drive everything; every aspect of how we love, live, parent, and lead.

Susan David Videos

  • The Four C's of Emotional Agility
    The quality of our lives depends not on how many tough emotions we experience, or even their intensity, but on the way we deal with them.
  • Susan David Speakers Reel
    Susan inspires audiences to think, feel, and act differently with deeply impactful and positive outcomes for themselves, their colleagues, and their...
  • The gift and power of emotional courage | Susan David
    Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health and...

Susan David Books

  • Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
    Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

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Susan David is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Building Emotional Agility. The estimated speaking fee range to book Susan David for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Susan David generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Shawn Achor, Erica Dhawan, Cassandra Worthy, Cynthia Marshall and Jenn Lim. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Susan David for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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