Contact Professor Kim Turnbull James
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: k.james@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Kim is a Chartered Psychologist, with a BSc(Hons) in Psychology from University College, London and a PhD from the University of Aston, Birmingham. She is a member of the Higher Education Academy. Kim's career began with Dunlop, who also sponsored her PhD research. Kim has worked with a wide range of organizations, including major corporates in the automotive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, insurance, telecoms and banking industries as well as public service organizations, such as police, local authorities and the health service and major consultancies.
Current activities
Kim has published widely on leadership and executive development and was on the editorial board of Management Learning, an international journal in this field, for many years. Kim has directed many open and customised programmes at Cranfield. Her current interest is in how leadership practices can create the conditions for cultural change required to deal with the complex challenges organisations face today. Her work has led to innovative Executive Leadership Development designs focused on understanding the systemic and 'non rational' aspects of organizations and the importance of collaborative group learning. Kim has also worked for many years in women's leadership development, working with clients to develop inclusive talent management processes that will enable organisations to utilise talented resources more effectively and see greater female representation in leadership roles.
Clients
Kim's recent clients include HSBC, FCA, Telecom Malaysia, and the Cabinet Office. Kim teaches internationally and her work includes top team development, executive coaching as well as tailored and open leadership development programmes.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Cowley C, Denyer D, Kutsch E & Turnbull James K. (2021). Constructing Safety: Reconciling Error Prevention and Error Management in Oil and Gas and Petrochemical Operations. Academy of Management Discoveries, 7(4)
- Probert J & Turnbull James K. (2011). Leadership development: Crisis, opportunities and the leadership concept. Leadership, 7(2)
- Turnbull James K & Denyer D. (2009). Historical Roots and Future Directions: New Challenges for Management Learning. Management Learning, 40(4)
- Snell R & James K. (1994). Editorial: Historical Roots and Future Directions.
- James K & Snell R. (1994). Management Learning: The Need for Creative Enquiry for the Next Millennium. Management Learning, 25(1)
- James K & Robertson G. (1989). Politics and Management Development. Management Education and Development, 20(3)
Conference Papers
- Neumann JE, Turnbull James K & Vince R. (2019). Key Tensions in Purposive Action by Middle Managers Leading Change
- Popkova O & Turnbull James K. (2016). Work-role transitions to senior management: Self-regulation in identity adaptations
- Neumann J, Vince R & Turnbull James K. (2012). Leading change from the middle: challenges for middle managers as internal change agents
- Turnbull James K. (2011). The new leadership landscape: do we offer our students and clients the leadership development they ask for - or what they need?
- Turnbull James K & Verity J. (2011). Leading for sustainability: responsible leadership practices in a living eco-system
- Denyer D, Marcos Cuevas J, Turnbull James K & Marcos Cuevas J. (2011). Practicing evidence-based management: enhancing the utilization of management research?
- Ladkin D & Turnbull James K. (2010). The making of moral myopia: The case of British Members of Parliament and their expenses claims
- Turnbull James K. (2009). Beyond a 'deficit model' of leadership development: aligning leadership development programmes with new theories of leadership
- Turnbull James K & Ramos J. (2009). Aligning leadership theory and leadership development
- Collins J, Denyer D & Turnbull James K. (2008). Educating the evidence-based manager: The Executive Doctorate and its impact on management practice
- Turnbull James K & Collins J. (2007). Is corporate leadership up to the global challenge?
- Turnbull James K & Arroba T. (2007). Dilemmas, Organization Politics and Wise Leadership
- Turnbull James K & Denyer D. (2006). Learning for sector change: the development of a knowledge sharing and learning network
- Turnbull James K & Denyer D. (2006). Making business schools relevant: impacting management practice through appropriate modes of learning
- Turnbull James K & Collins J. (2006). How does Mode 2 research undertaken on a DBA impact on manager's learning and practice?
- Turnbull James K. (2006). Wise leadership; a framework for learning how emotions in organizations can unconsciously impact how you take up a leadership role
- Collins J & Turnbull James K. (2006). Is there a globe in global leadership?
- Turnbull James K, LeGoff M & Molian D. (2005). Leadership in UK based small businesses: do leaders define a "main thing"? Does this concept contribute to our understanding of small business leadership?
- Turnbull James K & Burgoyne J. (2005). Learning to lead, leading to learn
- Cooper D, James K, Kwiatkowski R & Taffler R. (2004). The shadow in the balance sheet: The spectre of Enron and how accountants use the past as a psychological defence against the future
- Turnbull James K, Kwiatkowski R & Bowman C. (2004). Developing Individual Strategic Capability
- Turnbull James K, Kwiatkowski R & Bowman C. (2004). Developing Strategic Capability: Managerial imaginings and psychological insights
- Turnbull James K, Mann J & Creasy J. (2003). Leaders as lead learners; a case example of facilitating collaborative leadership learning for school leaders
- James K, Mann J & Creasy J. (2003). Collaborative leadership learning; developing facilitation skills for collaborative learning in leadership learning groups
- Bowman C, James K & Kwiatkowski R. (2003). Developing individual strategic capability: rediscovering psychological capability and context
- Burgoyne J & James K. (2002). Towards best or better practice in corporate leadership development: issues in mode 2 research
- Turnbull James K & Clark G. (2002). Introducing managers on a management development programme to the relevance of unconscious dynamics to their leadership roles
- James K & Huffington C. (1999). Issues in Management Research, and the Value of a Psychoanalytic Perspective; A Case Study in Organisational Stress in a Japanese Multi-National Company
- James K & Clark G. (1997). The Coping Zone: Stress and Quality
- James K & Clark G. (1997). The Service Shop; Extending the service operations taxonomy, understanding the management issues in different service environments, and managing transitions
- James K, Jarrett M & Neumann J. (1996). Group Dynamics and the unconscious at work; helping students understand the non-rational aspects of implementing intentional change; a new development in teaching organisational behaviour on the MBA
- James K, Burnett D & Jarrett M. (1995). Psychological Dynamics and Organisational Learning: From the psychopathology of the dysfunctional organisation to the healthy organisation
- Burnett D & James K. (1994). Using the Outdoors to Facilitate Personal Change in Managers
- James K & Burnett D. (1993). An Increasing Demand: Body/Mind Approaches to Manager Development
- Burnett D & James K. (1993). How Body-Mind Psychology can Assist Innovation and Performance
- James K & Lucas D. (1989). Managing Learning in an Organisation that Understands Teaching
- James K & Baddeley S. (1987). Political skills: Extending the management portfolio
- James K. (1979). The future development of managers in the Dunlop organisation
- Popkova O & Turnbull James K. Self-regulation mechanism in senior management transitions
Books
- Denyer D & James KT. (2016). Leadership-as-Practice In Raelin JA(ed.), Leadership-as-Practice: Theory and Application. Routledge.
- Wang L & Turnbull James K. (2013). Cameo: the challenge for authentic leadership in multi-cultural settings In Ladkin D & Spiller C (eds), Authentic Leadership: Clashes, Convergences and Coalescences. Edward Elgar.
- Verity J & Turnbull James K. (2013). Case Study: Adnams - a living company In Johnson G, Whittington R, Scholes K, Angwin D & Regner P (eds), Exploring Strategy: Text and Cases (10th). Pearson.
- Turnbull James K. Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds). (2010). Leadership Learning Knowledge into Action
- Turnbull James K & Collins J. (2010). Leading and managing in global contexts In Gold J, Thorpe R & Mumford A (eds), Gower Handbook of Leadership and Management Development. Gower.
- Turnbull James K. Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds). (2010). Leadership Learning Knowledge into Action
- Turnbull James K. Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds). (2009). Leadership Perspectives: Knowledge into Action
- Turnbull James K. Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds). (2009). Leadership Perspectives: Knowledge into Action
- Turnbull James K, Bowman C & Kwiatkowski R. (2008). Strategic Leadership In Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds), Leadership Perspectives: Knowledge into Action. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Turnbull James K & Collins J. (2008). New Perspectives on Leadership: How Practical is a Good Theory? In Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds), Leadership Perspectives: Knowledge into Action. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Turnbull James K & Ladkin D. (2008). Meeting the challenge of leading in the 21st century: Beyond the 'deficit model' of leadership development In Turnbull James K & Collins J (eds), Leadership Learning: Knowledge into Action. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Huffington C, James K & Armstrong D. (2004). What is the emotional cost of distributed leadership? In Huffington C, Armstrong D, Halton W, Hoyle L & Pooley J (eds), Working below the surface: The emotional life of contemporary organisations. Karnac.
- James K & Vinnicombe S. (2002). Acknowledging the Individual in the Researcher In Partington D(ed.), Essential Skills for Management Research. Sage Publications.
- James K & Arroba T. (1999). Energizing the Workplace: A Strategic Response to Stress
- James K, Jarrett M & Neumann JE. (1998). Group Dynamics and Unconscious Organizational Behaviour: Educating MBA Students in Non-Rational Aspects of Change. In Milter RG, Stinson JE & Gijselaers WH (eds), Educational Innovation in Economics and Business III. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Arroba T & James K. (1992). Pressure at Work: A Survival Guide for Managers (2nd Edition)
- James K. (1980). The Development of Senior Managers for the Future In Beck J & Cox C (eds), Advances in Management Education. John Wiley & Sons.