Barry Conchie

Barry Conchie is Founder & President of Conchie Associates, which currently has a database of over 58k global C-suite executives. Previously, Barry headed the Gallup organization’s Global Leadership Research and Development business. He is the NYT and WSJ best-selling co-author of Strengths-Based Leadership. Born and educated in the UK with a Masters in Cognitive Psychology and PhDs in Cognitive Neuroscience and Statistical Modeling at Oxford, his work for Gallup began in London where he developed their leadership consulting business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, before moving to Washington, DC to assume global responsibilities in 2002. He has 40 years of experience in the areas of psychometric assessment and testing, executive coaching, top-level succession planning, individual and team optimization, organizational effectiveness, and strategic alignment. He has been ranked as one of the top 50 leadership thinkers in the world by Leadership Insights magazine. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.