Nik Kinley is a London-based Director of the global leadership consultancy YSC. His experience over the past thirty years encompasses work with CEOs, life-sentence prisoners, factory-floor workers, government officials and children. He began his career in commercial roles, before spending the next decade working in prisons as a forensic psychotherapist. He then returned to the corporate world, where he held global leadership roles in talent management and leadership development for the likes of BP and Barclays. He currently works advising firms across the globe on their leadership and people strategies, and as a coach with Boards, CEOs and senior execs. He has published award-winning research papers, authored multiple books, and is a regular speaker at global conferences.
Shlomo Ben-Hur is an organisational psychologist and Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He is the Director of the school’s flagship program for top executives, Cultivating Leadership Energy through Awareness and Reflection (CLEAR). Shlomo is the author and co-author of a variety of award-winning books, business cases, and articles and he advises a wide variety of organisations across the globe. Prior to joining IMD, Shlomo spent over twenty years in the corporate world holding senior executive positions including at BP in London, UK, and DaimlerChrysler in Berlin, Germany. He earned his doctoral degree in Psychology from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.