Steven Smith
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Surveying 8,000 people in over 1,200 organizations, Smith conducted an eight-year study of the interplay between human strengths and confidence. The result is his latest book, Catalyst: How Confidence Reacts with Our Strengths to Shape What We Achieve and Who We Become.
As a graduate of the University of Utah in both Psychology and Management, his work has been published by Simon & Schuster in 24 languages in over 50 countries, and reached hundreds of thousands of people across the world, including organizations such as Microsoft, Disney, Cox Communications, and American Express.
His work has been featured by CBS MarketWatch, BusinessWeek, U.S. News and World Report, and Portfolio. Smith is also the cofounder of G5 Learning, a company dedicated to help young professionals build career capital and realize their potential.