Adam Grant

Adam Grant is the Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in the Business & Economics faculty. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan and his B.A. from Harvard University, magna cum laude with highest honors in psychology and Phi Beta Kappa honors. As an organizational psychologist, Grant specializes in research on generosity and helping, job design and meaningful work, leadership and culture, originality and non-conformity, work motivation and success. His expertise also encompasses leadership, organizational change, employee motivation and engagement, negotiations, collaboration and team effectiveness, personality and self-awareness, networks and social capital. He has taught and consulted for organizations including Google, IBM, Merck, the Royal Bank of Scotland, the NFL, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, employing experiential learning methods in his teaching.

Grant has been recognized as Wharton's top-rated professor for seven straight years and received Wharton's Excellence in Teaching Award. He has earned awards for distinguished scholarly achievement from the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, and the National Science Foundation. Additional honors include being named one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers, Fortune’s 40 under 40, one of the world’s most-cited, most prolific, and most influential researchers in business and economics, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and one of the world’s top 40 business professors under 40 by Poets & Quants. He received a standing ovation at TED in 2016 and was voted the audience’s favorite speaker at The Nantucket Project. Served on the Defense Innovation Board at the Pentagon. Key publications include books such as Think Again, Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves. Notable papers feature 'Help (un)wanted: Why the most powerful allies are the most likely to stumble — and when they fulfill their potential' (2022), 'Getting Unstuck: The Effects of Growth Mindsets About the Self and Job on Happiness at Work' (2022), and 'When putting work off pays off: The curvilinear relationship between procrastination and creativity' (2020). His work has established him as a leading expert on motivation, leadership, and organizational behavior in business and economics.

Professional Email: grantad@wharton.upenn.edu