Heidi Grant

Senior Advisor, Faculty

Dr. Heidi Grant is a social cognitive psychologist specializing in the study of leadership, motivation and performance.  She is the author of five internationally bestselling books, including 9 Things Successful People Do Differently, and has been on Thinkers50’s global list of management thought leaders to know since 2017.

As Senior Advisor at Mentora, Heidi guides our go-to-market strategy and the design of our service offerings. As Senior Faculty, she delivers leadership workshops and inspirational keynotes to client audiences. 

In her roles as Chief Science Officer at Neuroleadership Institute and Director of Learning Research & Development for EY Americas, Heidi has designed award-winning, high impact behavior change programs to address feedback, inclusion, unconscious bias, growth mindset, speaking up, purpose, influence, teaming and leading through uncertainty.  Her former clients include Microsoft, IBM, Intel, CVS, Kaiser Permanente, JP Morgan Chase, Adobe, Merck, Oracle, Cigna and Spotify.

Heidi also serves as Associate Director of the Motivation Science Center at Columbia University. She received her PhD from Columbia University, working with Carol Dweck (the Stanford Professor who coined the term “growth mindset.”)

She is an in-demand speaker on the topics of mindset, motivation and influence, and has contributed frequently to the Harvard Business Review,CBS Mornings, Forbes, Fast Company and The Atlantic.  Her 2019 TED talk on motivating others to help you has been viewed over 3 million times.