Heidi Brooks

Heidi Brooks is a senior lecturer in organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. She teaches and advises on everyday leadership: the everyday micro-moments of impact that shape our lived experiences. Fostering courageous and effective organizational communities is a passion of hers. Brooks specializes in large-scale culture change projects focused on individual and collective leadership effectiveness in organizations.

Interpersonal Dynamics, the MBA elective she has taught for fifteen years, is one of the courses most in demand at Yale School of Management. Recently, Brooks pioneered the Everyday Leadership course at SOM. She has also taught Emotional Intelligence, Power & Politics, Managing Groups & Teams, and Coaching Skills for Managers. Brooks received her doctorate in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University. She is a lifelong experiential learner in classrooms as far-ranging as improvisational theater and immersion language lessons.