Hello. I'm Marcus O'Dair, a professor, author and executive coach specialising in innovation and creative leadership. 

​I am a professor, author and executive coach.

 

I offer evidence-based professional development for leaders, managers and entrepreneurs, drawing on my background in the creative industries and as a professor of innovation and the creative economy.  ​​​

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I deliver coaching and training to leaders at all career stages from first management role to CEO/MD, in organisations ranging in size from start-ups to multinationals​​. 

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This work, funded by the UK government as well as individual clients, has taken me around the world from Amman to Accra. 

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I typically work in three areas: 

• leadership development

• career change

• building a business.

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I have also consulted for organisations including Linux Foundation, British Council and Blockchain Research Institute.

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I have written several books on creativity and innovation, one of them a Radio 4 book of the week. I am currently writing a book on creative leadership for Cambridge University Press. I have also contributed to The Guardian and The Independent and appeared on the BBC and CNN. 

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I have a PhD and an MBA as well as being a qualified executive and team coach. And I'm a member of the Association for Coaching. I also have more than 20 years of leadership and management experience as a magazine editor, music manager and associate dean.​​I'm currently Director of the Design, Arts and Creative Practice Knowledge Exchange and Research Institute at Kingston University. ​

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I'm based in Brighton, on the south coast of England, but also work in London and online.

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100% of coaching clients say they would recommend me to a friend or colleague.