Vanessa Urch Druskat, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of New Hampshire, USA. She is an applied social psychologist with in-depth knowledge of social systems. This background provides her with a unique systems perspective on teamwork, which she uses in her research and consulting work with leaders and their teams. Among other engagements, she has studied and coached teams at various Johnson & Johnson R&D Companies to help accelerate the complex collaboration required for drug development. She has twice received awards for research deemed both rigorous and practical from the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. Her Harvard Business Review (HBR) article (with S. Wolff) on emotionally intelligent teams was selected as an HBR Breakthrough Idea and has been reprinted four times in collections of HBR’s most popular articles. She is currently writing a book that combines her research on the social and emotional conditions that strengthen team collaboration with her experiences as a coach to leaders and their teams. Vanessa’s work features practical lessons about building an inclusive team culture that engages all team members’ unique talents. She is an engaging speaker and has received multiple teaching awards.