
Cross-Sector Leadership Strategist
Executive Director, TRUTH INC.
Retired Professor | Retired Law Enforcement Officer
Dr. Dani Lee Harris studies how perceived threat influences leadership behavior across families, organizations, and institutions. With experience spanning academia, law enforcement, and nonprofit leadership, he has observed how instability under pressure can ripple outward through entire systems.
His work focuses on reframing strength—not as dominance or control—but as regulation under pressure. Drawing on research in psychology and behavioral science, he explores how internal awareness shapes external stability.
• Psychological effects of power
• Perceived threat and defensive control
• Emotional regulation and leadership stability
• Rethinking strength in positions of authority
• Executive Director, TRUTH INC.
• Retired Professor
• Retired Law Enforcement Officer
• Leadership & Organizational Development
dani@drmeta.org