Ronald E. Riggio

Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D., CMC P’10 is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. Dr. Riggio’s research interests center on charismatic and transformational leadership, nonverbal and verbal communication skills, and the development of leadership potential across the lifespan. He has published over two-dozen authored or edited books and more than 200 articles and book chapters. He has also served as a consultant to dozens of organizations, large and small, across the business, education, and non-profit sectors. He is the editor of the Routledge/Taylor & Francis book series: Leadership: Research and Practice
and Cambridge University Press’s Elements in Leadership. In 2020 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Leadership Association, and he is a fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association.