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Professor Malcolm Higgs is professor of HR Management and Organisational Behaviour School of Management, University of Southampton, and is currently involved in exploring the relationships between leadership behaviours and the effectiveness of change management interventions.

Malcolm previously worked at Henley Management College, where he was Director of the School of Leadership, Change and HR and Director of Research, from a role as Principal Partner in Towers Perrin's London Human Resource Management practice. In this role he was responsible for Organisation and Management Development, Assessment, Leadership Development and Training projects for clients and for developing programmes and strategies for human resource and change management. In addition he was responsible for the firm's European leadership development practice.

Prior to joining Towers Perrin, Malcolm had eight years consulting experience with the Hay Group and Arthur Young. His consulting work covered a diverse range of human resource management assignments, including management and organisation development, management role analysis and assessment, personnel strategy and planning, leadership and team development and sales force development. This experience was gained in assignments in a wide range of industrial and commercial sectors.

In 1987 he undertook a research programme into the human resource implications of the major changes in the UK financial markets and in 1988 published a book based on this research "Management Development Strategy in the Financial Sector". He has also published a range of papers on leadership and team development and executive assessment.

In addition to client work, Malcolm has carried out extensive research into the use and application of assessment centres for management development purposes and in 1990 he gained his M. Phil at City University based upon a research programme into assessment centres and methods. In 1997 he completed his Doctorate at Henley Management College based on research into factors impacting on senior managerial team performance.

Malcolm is a member of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered Psychologist.

Qualifications: DBA, MPhil, Chartered Psychologist, ADipC, FCIPD, FCII

Publications: Professior Higgs is author of many books, articles in referred journals, working papers and conference presentations.
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