JOANNE IRVING, Ph.D

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The C² Factor for Leadership

Helping leaders create resilience, clarity of thought and
confidence in action in tumultuous times.

Every leader can create the enduring resilience, clarity of thought, and confidence in action necessary to successfully navigate the ever-shifting landscape and tumult of current times. We all have curiosity and courage – no matter how underused or undeveloped. When we learn how to build and strengthen those traits, like muscles, we can then deliberately deploy them in a way that helps us rise above the chaos of uncertainty. The magic is in the alchemy of these traits. Courage without curiosity is reckless. Curiosity without courage is merely academic. But, when woven together, one building on the other, you find the magic that is the C² Factor.

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Better Business. Better Teams. Better Lives.

There is no individual the C² Factor will not impact. No two-person relationship that it will not improve. There is no team or organization that will not benefit. The resulting power of the C² Factor helps us to thrive as leaders, team members, partners and individuals. Through the tales of more than 60 leaders across some of the biggest, most revered companies and organizations in the world, Dr. Irving shows how, when intentionally woven together and deliberately deployed, curiosity and courage has bred the skills necessary for enduring success. She teaches us how to cultivate our own courage and curiosity and how to intentionally intertwine the two to create the ability to navigate volatile, uncertain and complex situations with more certainty, less risk, and greater success.

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''When we look at the world with curiosity there is so much to know.
And when we have courage, there is so much to do.''

An advisor. A guide. A partner

Joanne is not an academic or a researcher. She is not a business generalist nor is she a one-trick pony. Joanne is a very specialized advisor, guide and partner.She works from the intersection of business and psychology. This intersection is where she created the C² Factor for Leadership. The C² Factor draws from Joanne’s deep knowledge of human dynamics and motivation gained in her decades as a psychologist and from her broad business and organizational acumen developed in the business trenches alongside senior leaders. This unique combination of skill and perspective makes her approach uncommonly effective.Joanne knows how to change behaviors, broaden perspectives, foster collaboration and creativity, and build resilience in individuals, teams and organizations. She believes the price of enduring success for leaders or organizations does not have to come at the cost of personal health and happiness – even in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times.She is the founder of Insight to Action Advisory and has worked with some of the most revered leaders, companies and organizations in the world, including The World Bank, The White House, The International Monetary Fund, Microsoft, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, General Electric, The U.S. Department of Defense, and AARP to name a few. She holds a BA in Psychology from Tufts University, a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Maryland and conducted her internship at The Johns Hopkins University Hospital.Joanne is a public speaker, an advisor, guide, and partner. She works both one-on-one with executives and with leadership teams.

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Joanne Irving, Ph. D

Advisor. Guide. Partner.
Founder, Insight to Action Advisory
Author / Speaker / Psychologist

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"Leaders must be able to dance in the moment, resiliently responding to constant change, making sure-footed, clear-headed decisions."

Curiosity and courage are unstoppable forces. In this insightful book, Joanne Irving deftly shows how to enlist them to become a leader fit for the future.

DANIEL H. PINK
#1 New York Times bestselling author of WHEN and DRIVE

This inspiring book illuminates how curiosity and courage can be leveraged by champion leaders across all industries to achieve new levels of creativity and collaboration within their organization, exponentially raising productivity and effective decision-making.JENNIFER L. FARRIS
COO, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute,
Columbia University

Dr. Irving has captured the essential essence of creating an inclusive work environment today, and that is the ability to have courageous conversations across difference. …Dr. Irving offers us in this book is a roadmap for us to see the importance of these behaviors and a compass for how to get there.DR. HELEN TURNBULL
CEO Global Inclusion & Unconscious Bias Expert, CSP+ Global Speaking Fellow

This book offered me a better understanding of why successful professionals, across different industries and at different levels, come to adopt more adaptive ways of thinking about complicated management dilemmas. [This book] allowed me to walk away with good insights and actionable recommendations for how to avoid the cycle of ineffective decision-making strategies.DR. JASON WEMMERS
Psychologist at the Ross Center, specializing in work-related stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression.

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