Jon Stokes
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Jon Stokes

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Jon is a Business Psychologist and a Chartered Clinical Psychologist of the British Psychological Society. He is a part-time Senior Fellow in Management Practice at Said Business School and a member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. Jon trained and worked at the Tavistock Clinic and Institute in London where he became Director of the Adult Psychotherapy Department. He was the founding Director of the organisation consulting service Tavistock Consulting in 1993 for 5 years. Since 2000 he has been a Director of the leadership advisory firm Stokes & Jolly Ltd. Jon consults primarily in the fields of leadership development, selection and assessment. In addition to leadership coaching assignments, his consulting work includes advising chief executives and senior management boards on inter-personal, group and organisational dynamics, particularly the management of change; as well as providing in-depth assessment and selection of executives for senior roles, and assisting with their on-boarding and development. He has over 25 years’ experience advising and coaching in a wide range of companies including energy, I.T. and finance, as well as with professional service firms such as the law, accountancy, private equity, investment banking, advertising and management consulting. Clients have included McKinsey, KPMG, Universal Music, Unilever, Shell, BP, Goldman Sachs and Apax. He also has extensive public sector experience in health and criminal justice. Jon has contributed to executive education programmes at the business schools of Oxford, Cambridge and Cranfield Universities. He has worked abroad in many countries including Europe, Japan, the USA, and the Middle East. Educational and Professional Affiliations: Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University Said Business School; Member of Associate Faculty, Henley Management College; former Visiting Professor, Strathclyde Business School; Founder Member, Association of Business Psychologists; Founder Member, Association for Professional Executive Coaching & Supervision, where he is an accredited Executive Coach Supervisor. Jon is a former Associate Fellow of the Institute for Government, London. His publications include 'The Psychodynamics of Teams' and 'Organisational Stress' in ‘The Unconscious at Work’ (Routledge, 2019), 'Why Do We Work' in ‘Talking Cure’ (Duckworths, 1999), 'Executive & Leadership Coaching' in the Complete Handbook of Coaching (Sage, 2018) and ‘Using Emotion as Intelligence’ in Ed Schein et al. ‘Organizational Therapy’ (AV Publishing, Boston, 2010), ‘Defences against Anxiety in the Law’ in Social Defences against Anxiety (Karnac, 2015), ‘From Ego to Eco: Leadership for the 4th Industrial Revolution (Said Business School, (2020), ‘The New Landscape of Leadership: Living in Radical Uncertainty’ in ‘The Tavistock Century: 2020 Vision’ (Phoenix, 2020). ‘Changing Gear – Creating the Life You Want After a Full on Career ‘(Headline, 2021)
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