Research Made Real: How everyday leaders can turn science into action

“As experienced executive coaches, Hull and Moore know what it takes to change leadership mindsets and behaviors. Their distillation of leadership research into nine actionable competencies helps leaders do just that.”

- Amy C Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership, Harvard Business School, Author, Right Kind of Wrong

Why the Science of Leadership?

For the last 50 years, thousands of leadership researchers have focused on what improves individual, team, and organizational performance and well-being. Yet, most of their work never reaches the desks of everyday leaders. Even if it did, the research is hard to digest because it is vast and fragmented, lacking a unified approach.

Impact on Followers

Leadership researchers study what matters - the impact leaders have on their followers. They measure the signals of effective leadership, including the attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, behaviors, well-being, and performance of a strong leader and the influence it has on their followers and organizations. By synthesizing their great work and bringing it to life with real stories and practices, we show you the why, what, and how behind long-term improvement.

Impact on You, the Leader

By improving one or more of the nine leadership capacities the book distills from the science, you will generate more and more impact. As your impact grows, so will your fulfillment. Experience more ease and pleasure with less strain by learning to fly rather than trudge uphill as a leader.

Become a Self-Scientist

What works for leaders is context-specific, which is why we urge you to choose from multiple approaches and learn how to test new behaviors and mindsets. Elevate your impact and bring more ease and flow through these self-guided coaching practices.

Become a Transformational Leader

Achieve the pinnacle of leadership success by embarking on the path to becoming a transformational leader. All of the capacities in this book's toolkit will support you in becoming a truly transformational leader who inspires positive change in yourself, others, and organizations.

Meet the Authors

Jeffrey Hull, PhD

Jeff has focused on leadership for over 30 years as an HR leader with multiple corporations, cofounder of a leadership development consultancy, nonprofit executive director, and coach to leaders across the globe. He brings years of translating science into leadership as a consultant, psychologist, and teacher at New York University and Harvard Medical School. In writing this book, Jeff is excited to see his chosen professions—leadership and coaching—getting the scientific attention and application they deserve.

Margaret Moore, MBA

Margaret blends leadership, coaching, and science, including thirty years in C-suite roles, co-leading four successful start-ups in biotechnology and coaching, and two decades of professional coaching and coach training. For 25 years, she has been a prolific translator of science into coaching, training, and leadership practice. Margaret's vision for this book is to help bring scientists, leaders, and coaches together to foster leadership excellence and support everyday leaders far and wide.

  • “Hull and Moore take decades of research, coaching, and leadership experience and turn them into a guide that is clear, practical, and actionable -- this game-changing book provides the tools and insights you need to thrive in today’s evolving workplace.”

    - Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach, Several Times NY Times bestselling author

  • “I wish I'd had this book earlier in my leadership journey. Hull and Moore present a highly practical and evidence-based roadmap, a magical path to increasing impact and engagement – all with less stress.“

    - Jon Ayers, Former Chairman & CEO, IDEXX Corporation, a NASDAQ company

  • “Whether you are an experienced, seasoned leader or new to the role, you can find ideas, nudges, and also a challenge or two to your current leadership style in this work. Keep this book handy, as you will refer to it frequently.

    - Magdalena Nowicka Mook, CEO, International Coaching Federation

  • “The Science of Leadership is a marvelous synthesis of current research on effective leadership, offered in a digestible dose and style. Read it, your direct reports will thank you for it!”

    - Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Co-author of the bestseller Primal Leadership 

Get the group discussion guide, great for classrooms and book clubs!

Whether you are a leader wanting to improve, you aspire to be a leader, or you train or coach leaders, you will quickly find that this book has been missing all your life. Read it alone, with a partner, a team or club, or teach a class and learn together using the book's discussion guide.