In an overwhelming world of self-help leadership advice, what are the unchanging fundamentals that really make a difference?

It's a crucial question- one that inspired Dr. Menkes to embark upon ten years of research into the topic.

Working with the late Peter Drucker, Justin Menkes endeavored to unravel the mystery behind star executive performance.

He soon discovered that relying upon our preconceived notions of great leadership had confounded, confused, and led us astray.

His most startling finding was that there are specific fundamentals universal to success, but we consistently overlook them.

What’s more, these lessons can be understood and incorporated into anyone’s behavior.

After interviewing thousands of executives around the world, including many of the most celebrated CEO’s, one truth became evident: there are a very small set of bedrock principles that determine success.

Essentially there exists a sort of Executive IQ- not the kind of smarts that make someone good at arithmetic and vocabulary, but rather the essential subjects one must master to excel as a leader.

We’ve all known people that were considered geniuses in school, but who are utterly hopeless in a business setting.

What Menkes found was that this contradiction was not surprising, since academic training teaches us little of the practical abilities required to excel professionally.

The culmination of Dr. Menkes’ research resulted in the discovery of what he termed “Executive Intelligence”, and he later released a bestselling book under that name (Harper Collins, 2005).

Executive Intelligence helps us cut through the clutter of unproven management fads, and turn our focus to the fundamentals that extraordinary leaders have mastered.

Since his discovery, Menkes has provided thousands of people around the world with the clear, actionable ways to transform their own lives and thus ascend to new heights of excellence.

Dr. Menkes findings were so revolutionary that they were immediately adopted by the world’s preeminent executive search firm, Spencer Stuart, which uses Executive Intelligence to select and cultivate the next generation of great leaders around the globe.

In his roles as author, consultant, and keynote speaker, Justin Menkes has been the subject of features in Newsweek, USA Today, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Chief Executive Magazine, and Businessweek.

His consulting services are sought after by such corporations as DuPont, Pratt & Whitney, Credit Suisse, J-Crew, and Hewlett-Packard, where he acts as a valued advisor helping companies and individuals identify their strengths, overcome their weaknesses, and find sustainable long-term success.

Menkes graduated with honors from Haverford College and received his M.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Claremont Graduate University and lives in Los Angeles.

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