Dominic Houlder
Adjunct Professor in Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management
at London Business School. Leading Business Strategist and Expert in Professional Service Firms
Ambiti Principali:
- Strategy
- Strategy execution
- Transformation of professional service firms
- Leadership
- Innovation
Profilo Professionale:
Dominic Houlder is one of Europe’s leading experts on strategy execution in B2B and professional services firms. He helps the leaders of major firms to connect with their clients, their colleagues and themselves in different and compelling ways.
Dominic brings a unique mix of theory, practical experience, and insight to his work. He is Adjunct Professor in Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management at London Business School where he has been based since 1994. Previously, he worked for the Boston Consulting Group and held senior leadership positions in the corporate world. Dominic has been a committed Buddhist practitioner for more than 30 years.
At London Business School, Dominic was Associate Dean of the School’s flagship Sloan Fellowship Programme. He continues to be closely involved in the programme, which attracts highly successful, senior professionals at turning points in their careers and lives, and he is a repeated winner of the Sloan Fellows’ “Best Teacher” award. He is Academic Director for the School’s Global Business Consortium for senior managers – from Oracle, Emirates, GEA, DP World, BUPA and Mars – who are moving into key leadership positions.
Dominic overseas the Board of his family’s business interests in Latin America. In the non-profit arena, Dominic is a Trustee of the Clore Social Leadership Foundation, a Council Member of the RNLI and a Trustee of the Karuna Trust.
Dominic’s major clients include PwC, Deloitte, SAP and Groupe Publicis. His engagements typically involve a customised mix of seminars, action-oriented workshops, and client events, as well as coaching and advisory roles with senior leaders. He designed and led London Business School’s executive workout programme, “Unlocking Your Client’s Strategy”, and co-led the Australian Graduate School of Management’s consortium programme for the leadership teams of professional service firms. He is Academic Director for London Business School’s open Executive Education programme “Executing Strategy for Results” and co-leads the School’s New Generation Professional services programme. He has also worked with business and government institutions — including Deutsche Bank, the UK Ministry of Defence and British Airways — on developing strategic supplier relationships with their professional advisers.
Dominic has an MA in History from Cambridge University and an MBA from Stanford Business School. His home is in Scotland, where — alongside his academic and client commitments — he is a crofter on the Isle of Skye.
Principali pubblicazioni:
Books:
- In his latest book, “Strategy: How to Shape the Future of the Business”, Dominic explores strategic policy aspects of business management, focusing on the three strategic ‘horizons’ of the changing business environment; business resources and networks; and the people side of business 5 lessons for leaders in turbulent times
Articles:
- “5 lessons for leaders in turbulent times; Tactics to help business leaders handle today’s volatile economic climate”,,Dominic Houlder and Nandu Nandikshore, London Business School Review 2017″ For many of today’s corporate leaders, the current period of turbulence in everything from GDP growth and commodity prices to the pace of product innovation is more extreme than anything they have known before.
- “PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FUTURES “THE PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE” , DOMINIC HOULDER AND PETER WILLIAMSON, BUSINESS STRATEGY REVIEW, ISSUE- 2012 Growth, globalisation and industrialisation are tempting strategies for professional service firms. But unless properly managed they can put at risk what made firms successful in the first place.
Associated Partner
