Dr. David Yeager

Join us and discover how to adopt what Yeager terms the “mentor mindset” – a leadership style that’s attuned to young people’s need for status and respect. Participants will learn the right and wrong way to show respect to young people while avoiding frustrating patterns of miscommunication and conflict.

Yeager will share strategies to nurture well-adjusted, independent, accomplished young people who contribute to society in positive ways. He will detail how we can best interact with young people in ways that leave them feeling inspired, enthusiastic, and ready to contribute. This session will reveal the new science of motivating kids between the ages of 10 through 25, offering new hope for constructively dealing with children and young adults.

Yeager is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and is well known for his research conducted with Carol Dweck on motivation and growth mindset. He is also the author of the award-winning book “10-25 The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation and Making Your Own Life Easier.” Yeager has consulted for Google, Microsoft, Disney, and the World Bank, as well as for the White House. He is the recipient of more than 15 awards in social, developmental, and educational psychology.

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