About Me.
Taylor Peyton, Ph.D., advocates for human flourishing in the workplace. She is an author and speaker on topics that enhance people’s self-determination and authentic connection to others. Her academic publications and areas of expertise include leader and employee authenticity, motivation, trust building, and passion for work. For a decade she has served in consultative and advisory roles for companies, creating leadership development trainings and psychometrically rigorous soft skills assessments.
Over the last four years, Taylor served as a full-time Assistant Professor of Leadership and Workplace Psychology at Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration. Now opting to focus on applied work, she is currently President of an international distribution startup for science-based workshops that educate leaders on how to keep their teams optimally motivated. She is also Senior Organizational Psychologist for BiasSync, a DEIA training company that reduces the negative impact of unconscious bias in organizations.
Keynote & Presentation Highlights
2023 Workshop
Costa Rica
2022 Workshop
Costa Rica
Authentic Relating and Heart-Centered Leadership. Delivered to Lionheart Investors’ Circles. Blue Spirit, Costa Rica. Workshop.
Powerfully, Beautifully, Authentically You: How to "Be Yourself" while Leading Others. Delivered to Lionheart Investors’ Circles. Blue Spirit, Costa Rica. Workshop.
2022 Workshop
Paris, France
The Art of Leadership. Guest Lecturer for HEC Paris
Executive MBA program.
2022 Conference Presentation
SHRM Israel
2021 Keynote
Boston, MA
2020 Panelist
Boston, MA
Carrot vs. Stick? The Spectacular Failure of Employee Reward and Punishment Systems.
Why We Gather: The Essence of Authentic Connection. Destination East, Northstar Meetings Group.
Shades of power: The new paradigm of leadership. Film Panel at the International Leadership Association Global Conference.
2019 Research Presentation
San Diego, CA.
A Model for Being Authentic. MEECO Leadership Institute, Master Executive Coaches, Annual Conference.
2017 Multiple Workshops
Stokholm, Sweden
Building trust in leaders. Presented to 150 leaders over a 5-day period, in partnership with Great Leaders’ Trust Days.
2017 Workshop
Newport Beach, CA.
The practice of being authentic. Presented to Super-Chair group at Vistage International.
Lead authentically: Create a values-driven culture. Delivered to Startup Week.
2017 Workshop
San Diego, CA.
2017 Workshop
San Diego, CA.
How to build a values-driven culture. Delivered to entrepreneurs at Startup Leadership.
2016 Research Presentation
Victoria, BC, Canada
6th International Conference on Self-Determination Theory. Basic psychological needs and need thwarting as mediators between forms of perceived leader controlling behaviors, organizational politics, hard/soft forms of power, trust, and employee work intentions.