Jim is Managing
Partner of Maxon Associates – a specialist management consultancy he
established in January 1989. In addition, he is an Associate with
Atkins Management Consultants and holds the post of Visiting
Teaching Fellow at Leeds University Business School.
Jim has extensive experience working,
primarily at the most senior levels, within large, complex organisations
throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East. His speciality is helping
organisations in the process of organisational transformation through
leadership and teamwork.
Special Skills /
Expertise
Consultancy and executive
development assignments include:-
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Significant organisational change
initiatives with major private and public sector organisations.
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Working with ‘top teams’, in
various types of organisations, to develop strategies and tactics
for changing and transforming their organisations.
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Delivering in-house executive and
management development programmes tailored to the unique needs of
each client organisation, including leadership, people development
and change management modules.
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Competency based mentoring and
coaching with senior managers from major private and public sector
organisations.
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A variety of team development
events.
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The development of competency
frameworks and the associated 360º feedback instruments.
Jim has written many articles and
chapters on topics such as TQM, benchmarking and team development.
He has also co-authored a book on benchmarking called The
Benchmarking Project Organiser. Jim’s most recent writing can be
found in the ‘Something to Think About’ and the ‘Publications’
sections of his website –
www.maxonassociates.com.
Furthermore, he has delivered a
number of papers at conferences including: managing change, problems
with implementing TQM, benchmarking and organisational
transformation.
In his role as Visiting Teaching
Fellow, Jim is often invited to speak on various post-graduate
programmes, including the full-time MBA programme. He also taught on
the MA in Business Excellence until this programme ended in 2002.
Finally, Jim was appointed as a Professor in Organisational
Development at Preston University’s (USA) campus in Finland in
November 2000.
Assignment Locations &
Sample Clients
Jim has carried out various
consultancy assignments in the following countries: United Kingdom,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Abu Dhabi,
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and in the Channel Islands.
A sample of clients he has worked
for either directly, or through his association with other
management consultancies and universities, are: AD Gas (Abu Dhabi),
Airbus, Albion Chemicals, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
Brunel University, Capco Trust (Jersey), Capita, Dstl (part of the
MOD), Essex Police, First Direct, Grant Thornton, Hambros Trust
(Jersey), Kuwait Oil Company, Magnet, Management Consultancies
Association, Matalan Retail Ltd, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley,
Nobia, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Orange, Shell
International, States of Guernsey, States of Jersey, Stockport
Metropolitan Borough Council, West Lancashire District Council and
Yorkshire Bank.
Career History
Jim has had three distinct careers:
commercial, academic and consultancy. In terms of commercial, he was
Group Training Officer with Fine Fare Ltd and UK Human Resources
Manager for both Honeywell Control Systems Ltd and Hewlett-Packard
Ltd. As far as academia is concerned, he was a lecturer at Barking
College of Technology, Head of School of Management at Brooklands
College, and now holds the post of Visiting Teaching Fellow at Leeds
University Business School and is also Professor in Organisational
Development at Preston University (USA) Finland. Currently, 2006, he
is in his 20th year as a consultant.
Professional
Qualifications
BSc – Business & Economics
MA – Manpower Studies/Occupational
Psychology
PhD – Business Administration
Certified
administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Step I & II) and
FIRO-B through Oxford Psychologists Press, and the Management Team
Roles-indicator (MTR-i) through Hogrefe Ltd (formerly The Test
Agency).
Member of the
European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
January 2006
