Author and
Social Scientist
Leadership Development
Personality Theory
Relationship Intelligence
Representative Organizations Served
About Tim
Dr. Tim Scudder is an author, consultant, and veteran chief executive officer who focuses on improving the quality of relationships. Tim joined Personal Strengths Publishing in 1995 (later renamed Core Strengths) as a partner and served as CEO, scaling the organization until its acquisition by Crucial Learning in 2024. As a PhD, CPA, and co-author of the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) and several books, Tim brings strategic experience, warm humor, scientific credibility, and practical insight to every project.
Philosophy & Foundation
My approach stands firmly on the shoulders of giants in the fields of personality theory, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and systems theory.
Read full essay “On the Shoulders of Giants”
My Mentor
Michael Maccoby, who was trained as a psychoanalyst by Erich Fromm, served on my doctoral dissertation committee. We worked together extensively with leaders in a variety of organizations and wrote several articles and training resources together.
Co-facilitating Becoming a Leader We Need course.
Books
Speaking
Tim is the world’s leading expert on Relationship Intelligence. Audiences love Tim’s ability to explain personality diversity and the science of relationships with vivid detail, humor, and clear action steps for shaping a better future.
Work hard, play hard.
When I’m not working I can often be found outdoors: hiking, surfing, skiing or snowboarding, mountain biking, tending to the garden, or on a motorcycle.
