Arthur C. Brooks is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. He is also a CBS News Contributor, columnist with The Free Press and host of the weekly podcast Office Hours With Arthur Brooks. 

Brooks is the author of 16 books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers, Build the Life You Want, coauthored with Oprah Winfrey, and From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. His most recent book, The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness,” released March 31. 

Brooks is one of the world’s leading experts on the science of human happiness, teaching people in private companies, universities, public agencies and faith communities how they can live happier lives and bring greater well-being to others.