Author's Bio

Paul Taffinder
Partner, Marakon Associates

Dr. Paul Taffinder is a Partner in the London office of Marakon Associates, a leading strategy and management consulting firm. A chartered psychologist and recognized expert on leadership and organizational behavior, he advises top executives of Global 500 companies on large-scale change and specializes in CEO-led transformation. His 20-year consulting career has spanned a broad range of industries, including aerospace, automotives, electronics, energy, financial services, insurance and media.

Dr. Taffinder is also a published and spoken authority on leadership, organization and change. His book Big Change (Wiley, 1998), which won the prestigious Business Management Book of the Year Award in 1999 for what the judges called "his inspirational approach to corporate transformation," has been translated into six different languages. His writings and ideas have appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, the International Herald Tribune, the Financial Times, The Times, The Times Educational Supplement, The Independent, The Observer, The Guardian and Industry Week. Broadcast interviews have aired on BBC Business News, Bloomberg Television, European Business News (EBN), BBC Radio and Capital Radio, among other stations.

Education
B.A. (Honors), Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Psychology, Witswatersrand (Wits) University in Johannesburg

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About Marakon Associates
Marakon Associates (www.marakon.com) is an international management consulting firm that works with senior executives of large companies on the issues that most drive corporate performance and long-term value. The Economist has called it "a consultancy that has advised some of the world's most consistently successful companies." Marakon has offices in New York, London, Singapore, Chicago and San Francisco.