641: How to Inspire Sustained Change with Richard Boyatzis

Richard Boyatzis shares compelling research on how to open others up to change. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) Why goals don’t motivate us to change—and what does

2) The biological key that opens people up to change

3) Four principles for making change stick

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— ABOUT RICHARD — 

Richard E. Boyatzis is Distinguished University Professor of Case Western Reserve University, Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science, and HR Horvitz Professor of Family Business. He has a BS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, a MS and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University. Using his Intentional Change Theory (ICT), he studies sustained, desired change of individuals, teams, organizations, communities and countries since 1967. 

He is the author of more than 200 articles and 9 books on leadership, competencies, emotional intelligence, competency development, coaching, neuroscience and management education, including the international best-seller, Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee and the recent Helping People Change with Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten. His Coursera MOOCs, including Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence has over a million enrolled from 215 countries. He is Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science, the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the American Psychological Association. 

• Richard’s book: Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth with Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten 

• Richard’s book: Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence) with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee 

• Richard’s book: Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion with Annie McKee 

• Richard’s course: Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (Austen Riggs Monograph S) by Erik Erikson 

• Book: Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence by Erik Erikson 

• Book: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 

• Book: The Achieving Society by David McClelland 

• Book: Power: The inner experience by David McClelland 

• Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

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