Prof. Malcolm Higgs Professor of HR Management and Organization Behavior, University of Southampton, UK

Malcolm is the Professor of HR Management and Organization Behavior and leads the group working in this field in the Southampton University School of Management. Prior to this appointment Malcolm was the Director of the School of Leadership, Change and HR and Research Director of Henley Management College. He took... read moreup this position in August 2005 having for the previous four years been the College Academic Dean. He remains a Visiting Professor at Henley Management College. He moved to Henley from a role as Principal Partner in Towers Perrin's international human resource management practice. In 1987 he undertook a research program into the human resource implications of the major changes in the UK financial markets and in 1988 published a book based on this research Management Development Strategy in the Financial Sector. He has also published extensively on leadership, team development, executive assessment and change management. In addition he has published widely on the topic of emotional intelligence and has jointly developed a new psychometric test to measure this together with a book on Making Sense of Emotional Intelligence.