Nik Kinley is a renowned leadership expert, author, and psychologist. He is a leadership assessor, consultant and coach. He specialises in helping leaders manage uncertainty, reduce organisational drift, and keep businesses focused on their strategy.

His work is built on three core pillars: how leaders are shaped by their past, how power affects leaders’ judgment and behaviour, and how leaders shape culture and performance through their impact on others.

He has led culture change programmes across the globe, assessed over 1200 senior executives for C-Suite positions, and coached high-profile leadership teams to execute their strategy under intense pressure and uncertainty.

Nik is brought into organisations to reduce the risk of critical leadership selection decisions; to support senior leaders operating under sustained pressure and uncertainty; and to deliver change when success depends on shifting ingrained behaviour rather than just redesigning structures or strategy alone.

Nik has published a highly successful series of books on leadership, many translated into multiple languages, and is a prize-winning author of hundreds of articles on leadership, power, and organisational behaviour. He is a recognised leadership expert for broadcast and print media, appearing on BBC News and France 24, and featured in The Economist, Forbes, and The Times. He also lectures regularly at elite business schools, including IMD in Switzerland.

His most recent books explore the critical traps that can weaken leaders’ ability to maintain strategic grip in volatile and uncertain environments.