Dr. Heidi Grant is a social psychologist who researches, writes, and speaks about the science of leadership. She is the Director of Research & Development for EY Americas Learning, and Associate Director of the Motivation Science Center at the Columbia University. Named often by Thinkers50 as one of most influential global management thinkers, Dr. Grant is also a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, 99U, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and has appeared frequently on CBS This Morning.

In addition to her work as author and co-editor of the highly regarded academic book The Psychology of Goals, she has authored papers in her field’s most prestigious journals and has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation for her research on goals and achievement. She is also the author of many best-selling books including her most recent release, Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You.