# Rob Yeung

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**Rob Yeung** is a British [psychologist](/source/Psychologist) and management author. He has published research studies on personality in academic journals, particularly *[Personality and Individual Differences](/source/Personality_and_Individual_Differences)*. He writes a column on confidence for UK newspaper *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)* and contributes to newspapers including *[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)*, *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)* and *[The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times)*. He appears on television programmes including [CNBC](/source/CNBC) news, *[Celebrity Big Brother](/source/Celebrity_Big_Brother_2009_(UK))*, *[BBC Breakfast](/source/BBC_Breakfast)*, [CNN](/source/CNN) news, and *[Working Lunch](/source/Working_Lunch)* on the [BBC](/source/BBC). He is a columnist for *Accounting and Business*, a periodical published ten times a year by the [Association of Chartered Certified Accountants](/source/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](/source/University_of_Bristol) and a Ph.D. in psychology from [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London), [University of London](/source/University_of_London). He is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the [British Psychological Society](/source/British_Psychological_Society).

He previously presented the [BBC](/source/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](/source/BBC) entitled *How To Get Your Dream Job* and has been an expert on *[Big Brother's Little Brother](/source/Big_Brother's_Little_Brother)*. He assisted [Jade Goody](/source/Jade_Goody) in her search for a personal assistant in the 2006 [Living](/source/Living_(channel)) series [Jade's P.A](/source/Jade's_P.A) and [Pete Burns](/source/Pete_Burns) in the 2007 series *[Pete's PA](/source/Pete's_PA)*. He was the resident psychologist for the 2007 [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three) series *[The Restaurant: You're Fried!](/source/The_Restaurant_(UK_TV_Series))*. He acted as resident psychologist on both *[Celebrity Big Brother](/source/Celebrity_Big_Brother_2009_(UK))* and *[Big Brother](/source/Big_Brother_2009_(UK))* 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](/source/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*

## References

- [Archive of *Accounting and Business* magazine](http://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/member/ab/ab-pdf-archive.html). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- [Television interview: How can you win more arguments?](https://vimeo.com/82383439). *[Squawk Box](/source/Squawk_Box)* television interview on *[CNBC](/source/CNBC)*. Retrieved on 2014-11-01.
- [BBC Breakfast television interview](https://vimeo.com/59491222). [BBC](/source/BBC) Television interview. Retrieved on 2014-09-18.
- [Six ways to deal with stress](https://web.archive.org/web/20100123215524/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/wellbeing/6952442/Six-ways-to-deal-with-stress.html). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)* 2010-01-11.
- [Dr Rob Yeung is the Gok Wan of work and careers](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/17/expert-tips-to-get-you-hired-115875-21679854/). *[The Daily Mirror](/source/The_Daily_Mirror)* 2009-09-17.
- [Trio of books by Yeung to Pan Macmillan](http://www.thebookseller.com/news/89971-trio-by-yeung-to-pan-mac.html). *[The Bookseller](/source/The_Bookseller)* 2009-07-23.
- [CV advice](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/7856088.stm). *BBC Working Lunch*. Retrieved on 2009-02-06.
- [Speaker Biography](http://www.speakers.co.uk/csaWeb/speaker,3215). *Rob Yeung profile on Celebrity Speakers*. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
- [Reality TV show for interview expert](http://www.onrec.com/content2/news.asp?ID=7525). *onrec* 2005-05-09. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- [Psychologist on Jade's PA](http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Jade's_PA). *UK Gameshows*. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
- [How to shine in interviews](https://web.archive.org/web/20080414033230/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?xml=/health/2005/04/04/hinterv04.xml). *The Daily Telegraph* 2005-04-04. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- [A faker's guide to mastering office politics](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/senior_executive/article600514.ece)[dead link]. *The Sunday Times* 2006-06-15. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- [The Restaurant: You're Fried!](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175440/http://www.episodeworld.com/episode/263285). *Episode World* 2007-08-30. Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
- [Effects of personality and acute exercise on mood states](https://archive.today/20130201202304/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9F-3VW1C2P-N&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1033893992&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=164311853923fdc16203e3a896d92be7). *Personality and Individual Differences* 1995-09-12.
- [Big Brother's Little Brother episode guide](http://www.tv.com/Big+Brother%27s+Little+Brother/T4%3A+Episode+502/episode/1273417/summary.html?tag=container;episode_guide_list). *TV.com episode guide*.

## External links

- [Rob Yeung](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1642303/) at IMDb
- [Dr Rob Yeung LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyeung/)
- [robyeung.com](http://www.robyeung.com/) - official site
- [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaRyNcnzqrc) - clip from BBC TV show 'Get Your Dream Job'
- [Amazon's Rob Yeung page](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rob-Yeung/e/B001HPS1YY/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0) - full list of books

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