Fred Kiel and Josh Birkholz will speak about KRW’s seven year research project that achieved the elusive goal HR has sought for years – they uncovered a hard data connection between the objectively assessed character reputation of leadership teams and the bottom line. Fred and Josh will discuss the application of these findings to organizational success and the potential for predictive analytic tools for assessing character. Fred’s book, Return on Character: The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win was published by Harvard Business Review Press, April, 2015.