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Ashridge
United Kingdom

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  1. 1. www.ashridge.org.uk
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    Published on: 8/31/2008   Last Visited: 8/31/2008

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  2. 2. Michael Walton - Ashridge
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    Published on: 6/3/2008   Last Visited: 8/31/2008

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    Michael is an Ashridge Associate and executive coach.He works on both open and tailored leadership programmes, as well as coaching and supporting MBA students through their full time studies.For many years his interests and work have focussed on the pressures and tensions on those holding senior organisational roles and responsibilities.

    A Chartered Occupational and a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Michael applies insights from psychology to the business world through top management coaching and through group and organisation-wide interventions.He selectively uses psychometrics to facilitate change and development and is registered as a Level 'A' and Level 'B' user by the British Psychological Society Michael has experience of the commercial and public service sectors and has worked and lived in Europe and the USA.During the late 1980s he worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC as their management development consultant.

    He has had published three management titles in the area of self-management in organisations - one is in the process of being translated into German- and co-edited a book on counselling in organisations.

    Michael's publications

    2008Constraints on Leaders! Toxic Sources?Walton, M. (2008) Constraints on Leaders!Toxic Sources?Organisations & People, August2008DerailmentWalton, M. (2008) Derailment, in Marturano, A. & Gosling, J. (eds.) Leadership: the key concepts, Routledge ISBN 978 04153836462008Good, Bad, Indifferent, Mad? A Leadership ParadoxWalton, M. (2008) Good, Bad, Indifferent, Mad?A Leadership Paradox, Organisations & People, August
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    Walton, M. (2007) Leadership Toxicity - an inevitable affliction of organisations?, in Organisations & People, Vol.12:22006Executive Coaching in PracticeWalton, M. (2006) Executive Coaching in Practice, Masterclass, University of Exeter, July2005'It ain't what you do ... it's the way that you do it'Walton, M. (2005) 'It ain't what you do ... it's the way that you do it', 6th International Conference on HRD Research & Practice, Leeds, May2005Leaders, who are they and what do they do anyway?Walton, M. (2005) Leaders, who are they and what do they do anyway?, International Journal of Leadership Education, Vol.1.No. 1
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    Walton, M. (1994) Designer Clothes & Labels - or those that fit?: reflections from consultancy experiences, in What Makes Consultancy Work - Understanding the Dynamics, South Bank University Press, pp.412 - 421
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    Walton, M. (1983) It suddenly went phut!Learning from premature closures in consulting practice, Leadership and Organisation Development Journal, Vol.4, Issue 1 , pp.3 - 6
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    Walton, M. (1982) Management Development: an operational reality, Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol.6, Issue 6, pp.22 - 261982Notions in management development advisory workWalton, M. (1982) Notions in management development advisory work, Journal of Management Development, Vol.1, Issue 3, pp.54 - 631982Preparing for the new hospital in Maidstone: the human side of commissioning activitiesWalton, M. (1982) Preparing for the new hospital in Maidstone: the human side of commissioning activities, Health and Social Servics Review, May, pp.148 - 1501982Relevant Training Interventions: increasing the power of trainingWalton, M. (1982) Relevant Training Interventions: increasing the power of training, Training and Development, pp.7 - 9, AugustMichael Walton
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  3. 3. www.ashridgeleadershipcentre.com
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    Published on: 12/1/2004   Last Visited: 12/1/2004

    Michael Walton
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    Michael is a Chartered Occupational and a Chartered Counselling Psychologist.His interests include applying insights from psychology to the business world through top management coaching and mentoring, group and organisation-wide interventions.He has published three management titles in the area of self management in organisations - one is in the process of being translated into German - as well as several articles on management development and change; he has co-edited a book on counselling in organisations.Further books are planned.He has academic links with Ashridge where he works with executives and MBA students on enhancing their personal styles and impact.

    Enabling Others to Develop

    A Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) Michael also trained and qualified as an adult integrative therapist in the Regent's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling where he is a professional member and a dissertation research examiner.He has worked with senior professionals and executives for over 20 years on a variety of coaching, mentoring & other developmental assignments.Undertakes supervision and adheres to the Codes of Ethics of the BPS, and of the UK Council for Psychotherapists.Michael has experience as a research supervisor advising coaching and encouraging post-graduate counselling psychology students.

    Use of Psychometrics for Development

    He is registered with the BPS as qualified to administer and use psychological tests and questionnaires at Level A and Level B. Regularly utilises a wide range of such materials, where
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    Michael has experience of both the public and the private sector, and has worked in both the UK and abroad.He has held appointments as a functional manager, a management consultant, an executive coach, in management training & development, as a Head of Personnel, worked in Government Departments, and developed his own Business Psychology practice since 1990.For many years his interest and work have focused on organisation behaviour, and on executive decision-making and derailment, as well as on personal development & change, and leadership development.He has experience of working with the International Monetary Fund, Shell, the BBC, the Prudential, the NHS, the International Wool Secretariat (Woolmark), Charles Schwab Europe, Mobil, the Irish Development Agency, and British Airways.Michael runs his own business consultancy working primarily with directors and senior executives on organisational and personal change, and has advised clients in Europe, the USA and Asia.During the late 1980s he worked at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC as their management development consultant.

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