Mark McKergow
PhD, MBA
LTH, UKMark McKergow PhD MBA is a speaker, consultant and author bringing new ideas into the world of organisations. He is the co-author of the best-selling The Solutions Focus which has sold some 30,000 copies and is in 11 languages. His latest book (with Helen Bailey) is Host: Six new roles of engagement for teams, organisations, communities and movements (Solutions Books, London, 2014). Mark has worked on every continent except Antarctica, and is known around the world for his winning combination of scientific rigour (as a 'recovering physicist') and performance pizazz. His work presents ways of acting which fit, rather than fight, the complex emerging world in which we find ourselves.
Mark has combined an academic profile with on-the-ground consulting and teaching work. He has a visiting research fellow in philosophy of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire from 2010-2017, and edited the peer reviewed InterAction journal for eight years. He has written dozens of articles, assisted the TED organisation with coaching TED Fellows, and helped set up the Sunday Assembly international network. He also plays the saxophone and writes jazz criticism for London Jazz News. He is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mark McKergow PhD MBA is a speaker, consultant and author bringing new ideas into the world of organisations. He is the co-author of the best-selling The Solutions Focus which has sold some 30,000 copies and is in 11 languages. His latest book (with Helen Bailey) is Host: Six new roles of engagement for teams, organisations, communities and movements (Solutions Books, London, 2014). Mark has worked on every continent except Antarctica, and is known around the world for his winning combination of scientific rigour (as a 'recovering physicist') and performance pizazz. His work presents ways of acting which fit, rather than fight, the complex emerging world in which we find ourselves.
Mark has combined an academic profile with on-the-ground consulting and teaching work. He has a visiting research fellow in philosophy of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire from 2010-2017, and edited the peer reviewed InterAction journal for eight years. He has written dozens of articles, assisted the TED organisation with coaching TED Fellows, and helped set up the Sunday Assembly international network. He also plays the saxophone and writes jazz criticism for London Jazz News. He is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lead as a host, not a hero!
The key role of the host - someone who receives and entertains guests - is deeply embedded in human society worldwide. The metaphor of leader as host offers a view on leadership that is at once rooted in millennia of practice and at the same time something new and timely.
Best-selling author Dr Mark McKergow has spent over a decade researching ideas around leading as a host. The resulting innovative ideas...
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