11 FEB 2012
Focus on Giving: Professor Adam Grant, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Adam Grant is a management professor at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology and his BA from Harvard University. His research focuses on work motivation, job design, prosocial helping and giving behaviors, initiative and proactivity, leadership, and burnout. He is the 2011 recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution, the Academy of Management's Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology's Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award. He has earned multiple school-wide and university-wide teaching awards and designed experiential learning activities in which students have raised over $58,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation while developing leadership, negotiation, and motivation skills. He has worked with organizations such as Google, Citi, Medco, and the U.S. Air Force. Before graduate school, he worked at Let's Go Publications, setting multiple company records for advertising sales and earning the Manager of the Year award. He is a former All-American springboard diver, conflict mediator, and magician.
Prof. Grant's Faculty Page
Givology: Give to Learn, Learn to Give