Amy Cuddy
Social Psychologist & Author, “Presence”
Dr. Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist, bestselling author, award-winning Harvard lecturer, and expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice.
Cuddy earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2005. She was a professor at Rutgers University from 2005 to 2006, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 2006 to 2008, and Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2017, where she continues to teach in executive education.

It’s tempting to rush success, but Amy Cuddy, professor at Harvard Business School, explains why setting your goals too big can backfire, and vouches for the value of incremental change and authentic learning over the desire to simply ‘win’.
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Being your true self means being present under trying circumstances, but that takes practice and a certain amount of self-knowledge. Here’s what you need to know to get started.
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Self-affirmation techniques are the butt of many jokes, including a famous Saturday Night Live sketch with Al Franken. But value affirmation is something different, says Harvard’s Amy Cuddy.
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