Biography:Susan David

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Short description: South African psychologist (born 1970)
Susan David
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Susan David in 2017
Born (1970-09-13) September 13, 1970 (age 53)
Gauteng, South Africa
OccupationPsychologist, speaker, author
Years active2005-present

Susan A. David (born September 13, 1970) is a South African psychologist, speaker and author.

Early life

David was born in 1970, in Gauteng, South Africa. She attended Waverly Girls High School from 1984 to 1988.[1] David received her BA in Applied Psychology & English (1992), Honors in Applied Psychology (1995), and her MA in Psychology (2000) from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. David got a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Melbourne.[2] David then conducted post-doctoral research in emotions at Yale University.[3]

Career

David founded the management consulting firm Evidence Based Psychology in 2005 and serves as its CEO.[citation needed] David co-founded the Harvard/McLean Institute of Coaching in 2009[4] and served as co-director.[5] David edited the 2013 books Beyond Goals[6] and The Oxford Handbook of Happiness.[7] David wrote the self-help book Emotional Agility, which was published with Penguin Random House in 2016.[8] Emotional Agility talks about the concept of productively managing and accepting emotions.[9] Emotional Agility reached #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list.[10] The concept of emotional agility was named as the best business management idea of the year by Harvard Business Review.[11] David gave a TED talk in January 2018 called "The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage". By the end of 2018 it had 6 million views on the TED website.[12]

Personal life

David lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her husband and two children.[13]

Awards

  • 2016 Best Business Management Idea of the Year
  • 2016 Books for a Better Life Award Winner | Psychology
  • 2017 Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea of the Year[14]
  • 2017 Axiom Business Book Award Medalist[15]

References

  1. "Psychologist Susan David Believes the Pursuit of Happiness can be a Dead End". 26 July 2017. https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/psychologist-susan-david-believes-the-pursuit-of-happiness-can-be-a-dead-end-20170613-gwq5rg.html. 
  2. "Alumni Profiles (Susan David)". https://mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/engage/alumni/alumni/alumni-profiles/psychology/psychology-dr-susan-david. 
  3. "Susan David". https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/126302/susan-david.html. 
  4. David, Susan; Congleton, Christina (November 2013). "Emotional Agility". Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2013/11/emotional-agility. Retrieved 15 March 2021. 
  5. "Mission History". https://instituteofcoaching.org/about/mission-history#. 
  6. Rao, M. S. (January 2014). "Beyond Goals". Human Resource Management International Digest 22 (3). doi:10.1108/HRMID-05-2014-0069. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/HRMID-05-2014-0069/full/html. Retrieved 15 March 2021. 
  7. "The Oxford Handbook of Happiness". https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199557257.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199557257. 
  8. "The Transformative Power of Emotional Agility". 4 October 2016. https://www.quietrev.com/the-transformative-power-of-emotional-agility/. 
  9. "26 Best Emotional Intelligence Books". 31 December 2018. https://positivepsychology.com/best-emotional-intelligence-books/. 
  10. "Emotional Agility (w/ Susan David)". https://www.stitcher.com/show/demystifying-organizations/episode/emotional-agility-w-susan-david-67242168. 
  11. David, Susan (28 November 2016). "How to Manage Your Emotions Without Fighting Them". Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/11/how-to-manage-your-emotions-without-fighting-them. Retrieved 15 March 2021. 
  12. "Susan David, Ph.D.". https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/susan-david-phd. 
  13. "Susan David". https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/259834/susan-david. 
  14. "Breakthrough Ideas". 21 October 2017. https://thinkers50.com/blog/breakthrough-idea-award-2017-shortlist/. 
  15. "2017 Winners". http://www.axiomawards.com/77/award-winners/2017-winners. 

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