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Professor of Leadership and Happiness at Harvard Business School | Bestselling Author | Columnist at The Atlantic | Expert on Leadership, Happiness & Social Entrepreneurship

Arthur Brooks Speaking Fee: $50,000 to $75,000

Professor of Leadership and Happiness at Harvard Business School | Bestselling Author | Columnist at The Atlantic | Expert on Leadership, Happiness & Social Entrepreneurship

Speaker Profile Thumbnail for Arthur Brooks
Speaking Fee:
$50,000 to $75,000

Travels From:
BOS - Boston, MA

Primary Topic Category:
Leadership and Management

Secondary Topic Category:
Inspiration / Motivation / Overcoming Obstacles

 

Arthur Brooks Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Arthur C. Brooks is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. Before joining the Harvard faculty in July of 2019, he served for ten years as president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the world’s leading think tanks. He speaks to audiences all around the world about human happiness and works to raise well-being within private companies, universities, public agencies, and community organizations.

Arthur C. Brooks is one of the leading professors at the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School, where he teaches leadership and happiness. He is a leading public intellectual, contributing columns to The Atlantic, and an author. Often, his work covers the areas studying the intersections of behavioral, social science, public policy, and personal well-being. Brooks is widely identified with his findings on happiness and leadership, presented through a combined way of delivering first-rate research knowledge and age-old wisdom for practical applications.Before his academic career, Brooks was a classical French hornist, playing professionally for some years in the United States and Spain. He put down the horn at age 30 to get his Ph.D. from the RAND Graduate School in public policy analysis. The background of his education: first in music, then going into the social sciences, and finally including ideas on happiness and leadership as he has developed over the years, is a testament to his broad interests and talents.Brooks was president of the American Enterprise Institute, one of the world's most prestigious think tanks, from 2009 to 2019. He also served during that period as one of Fortune Magazine's "50 World's Greatest Leaders." His leadership at AEI was at the forefront of moving an organization into a culture characterized by challenging intellectual conversations and crossing ideological boundaries.Thanks to his inspirational and informative messages, Arthur Brooks is among the most demanded speakers globally. He delivers over 150 speeches annually on happiness, leadership, and social entrepreneurship. His recent books "From Strength to Strength" and "Build the Life You Want" (co-authored with Oprah Winfrey) became bestsellers. They granted him the status of one of the leading voices in personal development and the leadership of organizations.
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