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Emotions play a powerful role in our professional lives. We can leverage them to think, perform, and lead better.

Award-Winning Expert on Self-Leadership, Mental Health, and The Conscious Mind | Bestselling Author of Chatter and Shift | Faculty Lead at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Ethan Kross | Leading Expert on the Conscious Mind | Author of Chatter
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Emotions are information. The better able we are to leverage and regulate them, the better we’ll become at thinking, leading, performing, and executing, says award-winning psychologist Ethan Kross. The author of the instant national bestseller Chatter, Ethan draws on his latest book Shift to give you a scientifically backed set of tools that can help anyone—from students to executives—lead themselves and build resilience. Shift is “a page-turner that’s grounded in science and filled with practical insights” (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again). “If a company cares about thinking and performance, they have to care about emotion regulation,” Ethan says. “So start figuring out: What are the tools that work best for you?”

“Ethan Kross is one part sage, one part mensch, and one part world class psychological scientist.”—Angela Duckworth, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Grit

We have everything we need to leverage our emotions (even the negative ones) to tap into high performance and powerful leadership at home and at work. Ethan Kross, award-winning psychology professor at the University of Michigan and director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, says that we can change our lives by changing the way we think about and navigate our emotions. Drawing on his acclaimed books Chatter and Shift, he shows us how we can strengthen our emotional and mental fitness to find more meaning, satisfaction, and success in all areas of life. Ethan’s concrete strategies have proven to be an invaluable resource for everyone—from students to small business owners to CEOs—in any challenge or stressful situation. His science-based toolkit helps all kinds of leaders and employees to build wisdom and coach ourselves through every circumstance.

In his latest book Shift, Ethan dives into why we have emotions, and how we can leverage them. Through riveting stories of people struggling and succeeding to manage their emotions—from a nuclear code-carrying Navy SEAL to the mother whose fear prompted a split-second decision that saved her daughter’s life—he shows us the science-backed tools we can use to take advantage of our emotions in any situation. Lisa Damour, New York Times bestselling author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, says, “This must-read book will—without question—change your life for the better!”

In his first book, the national bestseller Chatter, Ethan provides us with simple, immediately actionable tools for harnessing our self-talk: like using your own name to give yourself a pep talk in high-pressure situations. Brilliantly argued and deeply compelling, Chatter has received praise from many remarkable leaders in the field, including Angela Duckworth, the world’s preeminent expert on grit, and New York Times bestselling author Dan Pink, who declares, “Ethan Kross has written the definitive work on how to redirect our inner voices away from rumination and self-criticism and toward reflection and self-improvement.” It was one of Amazon’s best non-fiction books of 2021.

An award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business, Ethan is the director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory, where he studies how people can control their emotions. Using an integrative approach to study these issues, Ethan draws on multiple disciplines within psychology, including social, personality, clinical, developmental, and neuroscience. He is also the faculty lead for the Research Innovation Core at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center, where he uses his vibrant ideas and strategic mind to focus on facilitating research innovations in the field of mental health.

Ethan has participated in policy discussions at the White House and has been interviewed on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, and NPR’s Morning Edition. His pioneering research has been featured in The New York TimesThe New YorkerThe Wall Street JournalUSA TodayThe New England Journal of Medicine, and Science. He completed his BA at the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD at Columbia University.

Testimonials

This is one of the BEST speaker sessions I have seen in a long time (in multiple conferences, TED Talks). Thank you so very much for bringing Dr. Kross to guide us with useful life tools that eventually flow into our work life & performance. Ethan was amazing and he was an absolute dream to work with. He’s so down to earth and collaborative, you’d never guess he’s a superstar in real life.

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One of the things that stood out to me was just how pleasant and open Dr. Kross was when he was with us. I have had speakers be here physically but really have no interest in who we are. That was definitely not the case with Dr. Kross. His speaking style was incredibly engaging, his content was unique, thought-provoking and even action-oriented for my audience, as he presented several tools and concepts they could use right away with their clients. In short, it was a big hit and I cannot thank Dr. Kross enough!

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Ethan's participation in our webinar was wonderful. I felt we could have gone on for much longer and the response has been extremely positive. Ethan's work and message are so important, and the way he delivers it is compelling and accessible. I enjoyed the real-world application, tips, and examples, and specifically, how Ethan related the topic of "chatter" to professionals as well as individuals/self-help. Excellent!

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Thank you so much for such a lively and fun author talk! It was truly a pleasure to spend the hour speaking with you. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive: we received comments like "Outstanding talk from a knowledgeable professional on a topic relevant to almost everyone," "One of the best I've participated in," and "I felt like it was over too fast." I look forward to seeing all the amazing things you do in the future.

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Psychology
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“We are living through a cultural shift in the recognition of the role that emotions play in our professional lives,” says Ethan Kross, bestselling author and award-winning psychologist. “We now know definitively that the better able you are to regulate your emotions, the better able you are to think and perform. If a company cares about performance, they have to care about emotions.”

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Emotions shape everything we do: how we think, how we perform, and how we lead. But too often, they feel like something that just happens to us rather than something we can control. Anxiety before a big presentation, frustration in a tense meeting, exhaustion from an endless to-do list—these emotions don’t just affect our wellbeing; they shape our decisions, relationships, and overall...

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We can all unlock passionate high performance, creativity, and execution, all while avoiding burnout. The key? Becoming your own most powerful coach. Award-winning psychologist Ethan Kross offers concrete strategies for managing your self-talk—so you can manage others better. His research-based tactics (what he calls the “Swiss Army knife of the mind”) help boost motivation, overc...

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When we learn how to use our anxieties to our advantage, they become a powerful resource—one that helps us increase productivity and become intentional leaders.

In this insightful and accessible talk, award-winning psychologist Ethan Kross gives us practical strategies to stop overthinking and start living. Drawing from his scientific research and his acclaimed bestseller Chatter

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The most important conversation we have each day isn’t with our boss, our spouse, or our friends: it’s the one we have with ourselves. When we’re facing a challenging task, our inner voice can motivate us and help us keep our focus. But more often than not, we come up against the nagging voice that tells us we can’t do it, or that people will laugh at us if we try. The million-d...
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