Nik Kinley

Member Since: 2nd Apr 2014
Nik Kinley is a London-based Director and Head of Talent Strategy for the global Leadership Consultancy YSC.
His prior roles include Global Head of Assessment & Coaching for the BP Group and Head of Learning for Barclays GRBF.
Director & Head of Talent Strategy YSC
24th May 2018
Talent management: eight golden rules to accelerate development
When you have great people, it's natural to want them to progress as quickly as possible - so what can HR do to help develop talent more...
Development
7th Oct 2015
Leadership lessons from the Volkswagen scandal
Buried beneath the headlines about the recent revelations at Volkswagen are some worrying details, reminiscent of the banking crisis. At...
Culture
15th Jun 2015
Your guide to the mysterious world of 'priming'
One of the most subtle, mysterious and potentially powerful techniques managers can use to help people change behavior is something called...
Managers
18th May 2015
What I learned in prison about behavioural change
For a decade, behaviour change expert and author Nik Kinley worked as a forensic psychotherapist, trying to change the behaviour of...
Change
8th May 2015
Do you ignore context when developing people?
You need talent, and you need it fast. The question is how. One of the most common queries we are asked is how to accelerate people’s...
Development
31st Mar 2014
Why do we not talk about behaviour change in L&D?
“You know, you’re just like my grandmother”. As statements go, it wasn’t inherently controversial. But the fact that I was saying it to a...
Change