Daan van Knippenberg is Houston Endowment Professor of Management at the Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University. He also holds positions as Professor of Organizational Behavior at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and co-founder of The Better Company in the Netherlands, which supports evidence-based management in the pursuit of strategic priorities. His core expertise is in the role of leadership and teamwork in making organizations – from start-ups to multinational enterprises – excel and be great places to work. This is the core focus of his research, of his teaching in (E)MBA and PhD programs, and of his work with companies.