Nigel joined London Business School in 1990. Before becoming a business psychologist, his first profession was journalism and he is a frequent commentator in the media on current business issues. He is widely known for pioneering the introduction to business and management the ideas of the new science of evolutionary psychology, through a stream of writings including an article in Harvard Business Review (July/August 1998), and his book: Managing the Human Animal (Thomson/Texere, 2000). His current major research interests include the psychology of family firms, leadership,personality& biography, people skills in business, and what we can learn from tribal societies. He is an advisor and associate of the Nomadic School of Business, with whom he has co-facilitated executive field trips.
In all areas of interest, as well as others such as innovation, organisational change, and executive career development, he has published over 20 books and 200 articles. He led a major research project on risk and decision-making among finance professionals, culminating in the book, Traders: Risks, Decisions and Management in Financial Markets (Oxford University Press, 2005). His book on family firms,Family Wars, was published in 2008 (Kogan Page). His most recent book, took a fresh look at leadership through the lens of biography and the self, isThe “I” of Leadership: Strategies for seeing, being and doing (Jossey-Bass, 2013).
At London Business School he has held the many leadership positions, and has been a guest professor at German, American, African and Australian universities. He has been honoured in the USA with awards from the Academy of Management and the International Association for Applied Psychology for his contribution to the field, and is an FFI licenced family firm adviser.
He is a much sought-after speaker, and at London Business School he has directed several executive programmes including The Sustainable Family Business, the renowned High Performance People Skills, and the world’s most innovative programme for business leaders: Proteus. He served for several years on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Family Business, and from 2003 to 2010 he was Chairman of the evaluation panel for the JPMorgan Private Banking UK and Ireland Family Business Honours programme. He consults, coaches and advises on all areas of his wide-ranging interests, including board facilitation, leader selection and development, culture change, corporate communications, team-building and people skills for senior managers.Companies he has worked closely with include Dyson, Credit Suisse, Société Générale Investment Bank, RBS Investment Bank, Vodafone India, Kenya Airways, and the Qatar Foundation.
He is an experienced counsellor and coach, having worked with numerous executives, business leaders and politicians. In the field of family business, he has worked and published extensively on next generation succession issues, and run bespoke programmes for multi-generational family firms, coached and mentored future family business leaders, and run open enrolment programmes in the UK and in India for family business owners and successors from around the world.
He has strong interests in Africa and its business environment. You can find out more about his work and access his writings at www.nigelnicholson.com.
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