Harvard psychologist · Author · Speaker
Harvard-trained psychologist and author on talent, leadership and building an extraordinary career.
About
Dr. Myra White is a Harvard-trained psychologist and attorney who studies what makes ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. She teaches leadership and strategic talent management at Harvard and serves on the psychiatry faculty at Harvard Medical School.
Her research focuses on tools for identifying talent and on leadership models for the complex world of the twenty-first century. She is a sought-after speaker and a longtime management columnist.
Books
How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Careers · 2012
Becoming a superstar isn't about changing who you are. It's about changing what you do. Drawing on research into more than 60 ordinary people who rose to the top of their fields, including Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Warren Buffett and Lady Gaga, Dr. White lays out a nine-step roadmap for finding and developing your own potential and building a career you love.
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Discover Your Personal Greatness · 2021
Everyone has super-talents: the abilities that set you apart in particular areas. Based on Dr. White's research into more than 100 high achievers across many fields, this guidebook shows how to identify your own super-talents and put them to work, with practical exercises for applying them to your goals and reaching your potential.
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A Harvard Psychologist's Guide to Becoming a Superstar · 2007
Hidden within each of us is a superstar waiting to come alive. Based on Dr. White's research into more than 60 people who reached the top of their fields, this guide lays out a nine-step path to success: identifying your strengths, planning your route, handling organizational obstacles, building useful relationships, managing emotions, performing under pressure, recovering from setbacks and sustaining motivation.
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The Making of a Champion · 2013
People often fall short not for lack of talent or desire, but because they don't know the right steps or give up after early setbacks. Co-authored with Sanjay Jha and drawing on the lives of more than 80 well-known achievers, including N.R. Narayana Murthy, M.S. Dhoni, Steve Jobs and Ratan Tata, this nine-step roadmap covers how to identify and manage your special talents, build power and influence, and deliver top-level performance.
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Speaking
How to identify the strengths that set you apart, and turn them into a career you love.
Leadership models that find, develop and keep talent in a fast-changing world.
A research-backed, step-by-step path ordinary people use to build extraordinary careers.
Why organizations overlook talent — and how to build teams where everyone can shine.
Publications
Contact
For speaking, media and publishing inquiries, get in touch with Dr. White.
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