Tom Cockburn

Tom CockburnTom Cockburn obtained his first degree with honors from Leicester University, England. Both his MBA and Doctorate were gained at Cardiff University, Wales. He also has several professional teaching and assessment qualifications including an E-moderator certification and executive coaching qualifications from the UK Universities of Wolverhampton, Liverpool University, the University of Ulster, the Waikato Institute of Technology (New Zealand), Hay Consulting plc (Australia), and EdExcel Foundation in London. Tom is an Associate Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management, has been a member of a number of editorial boards of international academic journals, and a review member of the Cutting Edge Awards Committee of the US Academy of HRD. Tom has 5 years of Board experience on the Standing Conference of Welsh Management Education Centers and another year in an advisory, non-voting capacity on the Board of K’Aute Pasifika Trust working with Pacific Island peoples’ Social, Health and Educational Development projects in New Zealand. In addition, he has had 8 years as Head of a UK Business school and held a deputy Head of School role in New Zealand. He has adjunct and visiting E-faculty roles on Henley Business School (UK) and Ulster University Business Schools’ MBA and MS programs. He is currently Director-Policy for the Center for Dynamic Leadership Models in Global Business formed in 2012 and a senior associate of The Leadership Alliance Inc headquartered in Canada. In 2013, Tom co-authored Dynamic Leadership Models for Global Business: Enhancing Digitally Connected Environments with Peter A.C. Smith, published by IGI Global. Tom now resides in Almeria province in Spain.

Publications

Global Business Leadership Development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Global Business Leadership Development for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Peter Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2021. 425 pages.
As the world has adapted to the age of digital technology, present day business leaders are required to change with the times as well. Addressing and formatting their business...
Leadership in the Digital Age: Disruptions, New Rhythms, and the Beating Change
Leadership in the Digital Age: Disruptions, New Rhythms, and the Beating Change
Peter A.C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2021. 25 pages.
This chapter introduces the scope and focus of the new book. The reader is briefly introduced to the definitions and debates about leadership and management boundaries...
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Tom Cockburn, Peter A.C. Smith. © 2021. 39 pages.
In this chapter, Smith and Cockburn reaffirm their claim in a previous book that today's global business contexts are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA), and...
Epilogue: Retrospective and Prospective Reflections on Change
Epilogue: Retrospective and Prospective Reflections on Change
Tom Cockburn, Peter A.C. Smith. © 2021. 13 pages.
This chapter presents a brief reflection on emergent themes, issues, and problematic areas chapter authors have drawn to readers' attention to and tentatively indicates some...
Collaboration and Conflict in Three Workplace Teams´ Projects
Collaboration and Conflict in Three Workplace Teams´ Projects
Tom Cockburn, Peter A. C. Smith, Gordon A. Cockburn. © 2019. 34 pages.
This chapter extends the previous research published in 2016 which looked into the embedding contexts of networks of small firms, in the EU principally, and how collaboration...
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Peter A. C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2018. 27 pages.
In this chapter, Smith and Cockburn reaffirm the claim that they made in a previous book (Smith & Cockburn, 2013), namely that today's global business environments are...
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Peter A. C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2018. 27 pages.
In this chapter, Smith and Cockburn reaffirm the claim that they made in a previous book (Smith & Cockburn, 2013), namely that today's global business environments are...
Leadership in the Digital Age: Rhythms and the Beat of Change
Leadership in the Digital Age: Rhythms and the Beat of Change
Tom Cockburn, Peter A. C. Smith. © 2016. 20 pages.
This chapter introduces the scope and focus of the new book. The reader is briefly introduced to the definitions and debates about leadership and management boundaries...
Conflict of Interest or Community of Collaboration?: Leadership, SME Network Dialectics, and Dialogs
Conflict of Interest or Community of Collaboration?: Leadership, SME Network Dialectics, and Dialogs
Tom Cockburn, Peter A. C. Smith, Blanca Maria Martins, Ramon Salvador Valles. © 2016. 23 pages.
In this chapter we aim to consider both dialectical and dialogical systems, local and regional policies and practice implications for the communication and management of the...
Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies on Leadership in Global Business
Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies on Leadership in Global Business
Peter A.C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2014. 327 pages.
To be successful, business leaders should be familiar with the emerging digital technologies that are contributing to the global business environment. All leaders must develop...
Leadership in the Digital Age: Rhythms and the Beat of Change
Leadership in the Digital Age: Rhythms and the Beat of Change
Peter A. C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2014. 18 pages.
This chapter introduces the scope and focus of the new book. The reader is briefly introduced to the definitions and debates about leadership and management boundaries...
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Reflecting Emerging Digital Technologies in Leadership Models
Peter A. C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2014. 26 pages.
In this chapter, Smith and Cockburn reaffirm the claim that they made in a previous book (Smith & Cockburn, 2013), namely that today's global business environments are...
Epilogue: Retrospective and Prospective Reflections
Epilogue: Retrospective and Prospective Reflections
Peter A. C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2014. 9 pages.
In this chapter, the editors present a brief summary commentary and reflective overview of the emergent themes, issues, and problematic areas the chapter authors have drawn to...
Dynamic Leadership Models for Global Business: Enhancing Digitally Connected Environments
Dynamic Leadership Models for Global Business: Enhancing Digitally Connected Environments
Peter A. C. Smith, Tom Cockburn. © 2013. 353 pages.
As global business systems are becoming ever more complex and they continue to grow and expand, it is increasingly more difficult to stand out as an effective and efficient...