Paul is the Founder and Managing Partner of Taffinder Consulting, specializing in CEO advice on leadership and organizational performance. Previously, he has been a partner at strategy firm Marakon Associates, a partner on the UK Management Board of Mercer Delta and, prior to that, was a global partner at Accenture, the $22 billion consulting firm, where he was head of Organization and Change Strategy in the UK and had a global role in the firm#39;s work on leadership, culture change and top team effectiveness. Following a Masters degree and PhD in organizational psychology - and what he describes as a #39;mercifully brief career in the mining industry#39; - Paul turned his attention to the psychological driving forces that underlie the world of business. He has also written four books, most notably Big Change (Wiley) which was the winner of the prestigious Business Management book of the Year award in 1999 for what the judges called his "inspirational" approach to corporate transformation. His other books (published by Kogan Page) are The New Leaders (1994) and The Leadership Crash Course (2000) and the recently updated, revised edition of The Leadership Crash Course: How to Create Personal Leadership Value (2006), released in 11 different languages worldwide. Contact: pt@taffinderconsulting.com www.taffinderconsulting.

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