About the Author
Vanessa Druskat
Vanessa Druskat, an award-winning researcher and leading expert on team leadership advises leaders in some of the world’s top organizations.
Her three decades of field research examining team cultures that inspire high-performing collaboration produced the Team Emotional Intelligence (Team EI) model. She and her colleagues have used the model globally to teach leaders how to build higher-performing teams. Vanessa is passionate about convincing leaders that under the right conditions people are wired for collaborative teamwork. So, to stop trying to fix people and start building emotionally intelligent team cultures that inspire teamwork. Also an award-winning teacher, she serves on the faculty of the University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics in Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
Interview By
Vaishali Jain
Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist
Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.
Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.
