Gareth Jones Biography
Professor Gareth Jones is a keynote speaker whose career has spanned both the academic and business worlds. His insightful talks on business change and turnaround are fascinating and cover topics on promoting creativity as a source of competitive strength, strong leadership, and inspiring an effective organisational culture.
Academia
Gareth began as a University academic in Economic and Social Studies at the University of East Anglia before moving to the London Business School, where he joined the Organisational Behaviour Group.
During this period he directed the School’s Accelerated Development Programme. At this point the attractions of a “real” job in business proved too great and he joined Polygram, then the world's largest recorded music company. Appointed as Senior Vice President for Polygram’s global human resources, his responsibilities covered more than thirty countries. In 1996 he reverted to academia when he became the BT Professor of Organisational Development at Henley where he also served on the Board of Governors. His most recent job was as Director of Human Resources and Internal Communications at the BBC. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid and at INSEAD in Fontainbleu. He is also a Fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School.
Gareth Jones on Organisational Design, Culture, Leadership & Change
Gareth’s research interests are in organisational design, culture, leadership and change. He has published several books, including “The Character of a Corporation: How Your Culture Can Make or Break Your Business” co-authored with Rob Goffee and “Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?”, also with Rob Goffee, and published by Harvard Business School Press. This leadership title was based on an article of the same name which won the prestigious McKinsey Award for the best article in HBR. The theme of authenticity was developed in another HBR article, “Managing Authenticity”. “Leading Clever People” was also featured in HBR and dealt with the special challenges of leading in the knowledge economy. This was runner-up for the 2008 McKinsey Award. Gareth’s and Rob’s book “Clever; leading your smartest, most creative people” was published by Harvard Business School Press in 2009 and deals with the peculiar challenges of leading individuals and teams with the capacity to create disproportionate amounts of value, many of whom are to be found in the knowledge economy. Other articles have appeared in the European Management Journal, in Human Relations and in the Harvard Business Review. Gareth serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of People Management Magazine. Gareth's considerable academic insight and practical experience contribute to his excellence and credibility as a keynote speaker.
Gareth Jones as Consultant
In addition, Gareth is a founding partner of a consultancy focused on organisations where creativity is a source of competitive strength. He is also a Trustee of The Work Foundation.
Publications
- Clever, leading your smartest most creative people
- Why Should Anyone Be Led By You: What it Takes to be an Authentic Leader
- Winner of the prestigious McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review
- Leading Clever People
- Managing Authenticity; The Paradox of Great Leadership
- The Odd Clever People Every Organization Needs
- Managing in a downturn; The challenges facing leadership
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Speakers Corner will feature some of the world's most influential management thinkers in the run up to The Thinkers 50
2nd July 2009
Over the coming weeks, Speakers Corner will feature some of the world's most influential business & management thinkers who are contenders for The Thinkers 50
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18th April 2013
Business speaker and one of the UK’s leading sports executives, Mike Forde has compared the ideas and practices used in professional football to those used in business environments.
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2nd November 2011
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Entrepreneurs’ Forum Boasts Speakers Corner's Best
20th May 2011
The North East of England is the venue for the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, where a handful of Speakers Corner’s top talent take the stage to inspire business leaders and aspirational executives from all over the UK. Hamish McRae, Sarah Willingham, Tim Smit, James Timpson, James Cracknell, and Simon Calver are all on the programme, as are Kanya King, Douglas McWilliams, Karen Mattison, John Timpson and Richard Huntingford – all inspiration and charismatic public speakers.
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30th April 2013
Self-help books are increasingly popular among the British public than ever before and an increased number of us are turning to self help books in the hope that they will solve lives problems.
Sir Terry Leahy Adjusts to Life After Tesco
11th April 2013
Business speaker and former CEO of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy stepped down from his position at Tesco in 2011 at the age of 55, he has since started working with several charities, invested in small businesses and written a book.
Noreena Hertz Finishes New Book
4th April 2013
Keynote speaker and leading futurist, Noreena Hertz has finished her most recent book, which will be published in the US and the UK in September 2013.
Gareth Malone Accepts His OBE
14th March 2013
TV presenter and choir master, Gareth Malone, accepted his OBE this week with his glowing wife by his side.
Charles Hazlewood and the British Paraorchestra Release Christmas Single
6th December 2012
Charles Hazlewood, the British Paraorchestra, the Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf and Hearing Children and athletes from ParalympicsGB have released ‘True Colours’, with the hope of sending it to Christmas Number 1.
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16th November 2012
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Gareth Jones Reviews
Gareth Jones has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Gareth Jones for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Gareth Jones for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Thought provoking, entertaining, informative - liked the pace - Gareth had a very engaging style. He made me ask myself some uncomfortable questions about why I wanted to be a leader.
Very inspiring and entertaining. Everyone managed to take something away from the session.
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