Rob Yeung

Rob Yeung is a British psychologist and management author. He has published research studies on personality in academic journals, particularly Personality and Individual Differences. He writes a column on confidence for UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph and contributes to newspapers including Financial Times, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. He appears on television programmes including CNBC news, Celebrity Big Brother, BBC Breakfast, CNN news, and Working Lunch on the BBC. He is a columnist for Accounting and Business, a periodical published ten times a year by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

He is a Director at Talentspace, a leadership consulting firm. He has a B.Sc. in psychology from University of Bristol and a Ph.D. in psychology from King's College London, University of London. He is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

He previously presented the BBC television series Who Would Hire You? in which real life candidates went through the recruitment process. He also presented a further series for the BBC entitled How To Get Your Dream Job and has been an expert on Big Brother's Little Brother. He assisted Jade Goody in her search for a personal assistant in the 2006 Living series Jade's P.A and Pete Burns in the 2007 series Pete's PA. He was the resident psychologist for the 2007 BBC Three series The Restaurant: You're Fried!. He acted as resident psychologist on both Celebrity Big Brother and Big Brother in 2009.

Works 2020 – 10% Better: Easy Ways to Beat Stress, Think Smarter, Get Healthy and Achieve Any Goal 2017 – Confidence 2.0: The New Science of Self-Confidence 2015 – How To Stand Out: Proven Tactics for Getting Noticed 2014 – How To Win: The Argument, the Pitch, the Job, the Race 2013 – Confidence: Transform the way you feel so you can achieve the things you want 2012 – You Can Change Your Life: Easy steps to getting what you want 2012 – E is for Exceptional: The new science of success 2011 – I Is For Influence: The new science of persuasion 2011 – Confidence: The power to take control and live the life you want 2010 – The Extra One Per Cent: How small changes make exceptional people 2009 – Personality: How to unleash your hidden strengths 2009 – Job Hunting for Rookies 2008 – Confidence: The art of getting whatever you want 2008 – Successful Interviewing and Recruitment (Sunday Times Creating Success) 2008 – Should I Sleep with the Boss? And 99 Other Questions about Having a Great Career 2008 – Should I Tell the Truth? And 99 Other Questions about Succeeding at Interviews and Job Hunting 2007 – The Rules of Entrepreneurship 2006 – Answering Tough Interview Questions for Dummies 2006 – Public Speaking and Presentations for Dummies (co-written with Malcolm Kushner) 2006 – The Rules of EQ 2006 – The Rules of Office Politics 2006 – The Rules of Networking 2004 – Successful Interviews Every Time 2003 – Coaching People 2002 – Making Workshops Work 2001 – Anyone Can Sell