Academic Work and Board Experience


Maryvonne Lorenzen
is guest professor in Organizational Behavior at HEC Business School.
HEC ranked #1 European Business School in 2007 by The Financial Times
http://www.hec.fr


Dr. Carola Hieker
worked as a lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Cranfield University in the field consultancy skills

Publications

Hieker, C. & Huffington, C.: Reflexive questions in a Coaching Psychology Context.
International Coaching Psychology Review, Vol. 1, No. 2 November 2006

In this article Dr Carola Hieker has looked at the use of reflexive questions, and how they can improve the effectiveness of the coaching session. Asking the right questions at the right time is an essential tool of executive coaching so as to generate self-awareness in the coachee as well as a sense of responsibility and the will to make a change.
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Carola Hieker:
Evaluation of communication and behavioural training in organisations.
An empirical study.
Evaluation von Kommunikations- und Verhaltenstraining in Organisationen.
Eine empirische Studie. Shaker Verlag 1986

Mit welchen Methoden kann ich den Effekt von Softskill Trainings wie Kommunikations- und Führungskräftetrainings messen? Inwieweit gibt es Möglichkeiten und auch Modelle Verhaltensänderungen vorhersagbar bzw. meßbar zu machen? Fragen, die in dieser Studie diskutiert und beantwortet werden. Als Datenbasis dient die qualitative und quantitative Befragung von Teilnehmern verschiedener Kommunikations- und Verhaltenstraining, die in großen Wirtschaftsunternehmen durchgeführt wurden.


Karen McPherson
has worked as an Executive and Non Executive Board Director since 1996.
Board Appointments:
• Executive Director FandC Asset Management 1996-1998
• Non Executive Director FandC Asset Manangement plc 1998-2007
• Chairman Remuneration Committee and member of Nominations Committee
• Non Executive Director RPS plc 2006 - to date
• Chairman Remuneration Committee; Chairman Environmenbtal
  and Social Responsibility Committee