Ben Shahar, Tal

Tal Ben Shahar

Author and lecturer at the Interdisciplinary

Center, Herzliya (Israele) and at Harvard Univesity (USA).

Main Topics:

  • Positive Psychology for Difficult Times
  • Leading With Impact: Strategies for Success
  • Overcoming Perfectionism: The Permission to be Human
  • Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness
  • Positive Leadership: Making a Difference
  • The Psychology of Success: The Power of Beliefs
  • The Question of Happiness: On Finding Meaning, Pleasure and the Ultimate Currency

Professional Profile:

Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer who taught the most popular course at Harvard University on “Positive Psychology,” and the university’s third most popular course on “The Psychology of Leadership”—with a total of more than 1,400 students.

Ben-Shahar consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. Topics include leadership, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. He is the author of Being Happy: You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Lead a Richer, Happier Life and Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment.

An avid sportsman, Ben-Shahar won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.

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