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About Justin Menkes - Business Leadership Speaker:

Justin Menkes is an acclaimed author and the leading expert in the field of executive assessment. His research led him to the discovery and definition of the theory of Executive Intelligence (ExI). He also developed the ExI Evaluation, a rigorous assessment methodology that doubles the accuracy of traditional best-practice approaches to assessing leaders and managers. As a co-founder of Executive Intelligence Group, he applies the methodology and his deep understanding of executive performance with clients like Hewlett-Packard, Texas Pacific Group, and Quintiles.

Menkes has received national recognition for his expertise in executive assessment. The Wall Street Journal Best Seller book, Executive Intelligence: What all great leaders have and HBR article Hiring for Smarts help business leaders understand the truths about what drives executive performance. Justin has chaired master tutorials to train other I/O psychologists in best practice assessment techniques. He was inducted into the Sigma Xi Psychological Honors Society in recognition of his research contributions to the field of psychology.

Justin graduated with honors from Haverford College and received his M.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Claremont Graduate University.

What Justin Menkes Talks About:

Justin Menkes gives the final word on what traits make for highly successful managers – and a detailed explanation of how to identify potential standout performers. In his compelling presentations, Menkes demonstrates that great leaders possess one important thing: Executive Intelligence, which allows them to excel at performing tasks, handling people and judging themselves.

Inspired by the work of Peter Drucker and Jim Collins, Justin Menkes set out to isolate the qualities that make for the right people. Drawing on his background in psychology and bolstered by interviews with accomplished CEOs, Menkes paints the portrait of the ideal executive. Weaving together research, interviews and the results of his proprietary testing, Menkes exposes one of the great fallacies of corporate life, that hiring and promotion are conducted on a systematic or scientific basis that allows the most accomplished to rise to their levels of optimal responsibility.

Executive Intelligence is about the substance behind great leadership, and Justin Menkes is a passionate advocate for finding and employing the most talented people.