“Eric changed the way [our] people think about leadership in turbulent times.”
In his own words, “My overarching desire is to help leaders create teams, organizations, and a society where as many people as possible contribute to the greater good to the fullest extent of their ability.”
About Eric McNulty
Igniting human potential to address complex challenges
Eric is passionate about igniting human potential to contribute to addressing complex challenges:
- Eric engages in work on leadership, social innovation, conflict resolution, and resilience that expands opportunity and breaks down barriers that keep people from finding those opportunities.
- He uses the word “contribute” because he believes that giving is at the root of personal, professional, and societal growth and fulfillment.
- Eric’s believes that everyone has strengths and abilities — and that the design challenge we collectively face is creating organizations and systems that make it possible for that talent to be unleashed.
As a speaker, educator, and author, Eric draws on his curiosity and breadth of experience to engage with his audience. He is a wide-ranging thinker and natural storyteller. Eric builds from one subject to the next, finding the connections, often unseen, between various areas of study and practice. He helps people, the world, and their potential in it, more expansively.
He has a special expertise in helping subject matter experts—physicians, engineers, scientists, preparedness and response executives, and more—step up to leading their teams, peers, organizations, and communities.
Empowering people in your organisation
Eric wants to empower people on every tier of the organization to craft work experiences where their contributions matter and are recognized. Where people derive satisfaction and meaning through their efforts. These are organizations that appreciate both rebels and steady hands. Their leaders cultivate talent as the surest path to innovative ideas and satisfied customers. Eric believes that armed with a better understanding of how our decisions in the workplace affect our customers, coworkers, and the world around us, we are unstoppable.
Eric is Associate Director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. He teaches leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution in graduate programs as well as in executive programs at Harvard, MIT, UC San Diego Health, and UMass Medical Center. He has given keynotes and delivered workshops around the world.
Volunteer Work
Eric serves on the editorial advisory board at Crisis Response Journal and the Future Vision Committee at DRI International. He is a founding member of the Leadership Communications Council at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He is also an advisor to the Mental Health Literacy Collaborative.
Passionate about nature, Eric is a Councilor with Manomet Conservation Sciences and a board member at Massachusetts for Elephants. He is a Community Advocacy Leader with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Previously, he served on the Corporate Executive Board at WGBH Boston and The Family Center (now The Parenting Journey).
More about Eric
Eric came to his academic career after a series of communications roles that included stints in luxury fashion/retail, publishing, and travel. He has served as contributing editor at Harvard Business Publishing, Business Review China, and Strategy+Business.