Lloyd WILLIAMS

Lloyd Williams is an organisational psychologist, consultant and author. Since 2007, he has held the position of Provost, Vice-President of Academic Affairs, and Professor of Business and Psychology at Northcentral University. He is also a faculty member in Industrial/Organisational Psychology at Capella University's Harold Abel School of Academic and Psychology, and a research/dissertation adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix's School of Advanced Studies in the US. In addition, Dr Williams is Program Chair and Professor of Business at Argosy University, Phoenix, Arizona. Currently, he holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Transformative Thought and Learning, an international think tank with offices in Switzerland, Canada and the US.

Dr Williams had previously served as the Program Chair of the Doctor of Management and the Doctor of Business Administration programs at the University of Phoenix. He was also Program Chair of the departments of Counseling and Psychological Services and Exceptional Children at Clark Atlanta University, as well as Program Director of the Masters in Business Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Internationally respected for his consultation work in the areas of leadership, executive development and systemic organisational change, Dr Williams uses qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method research approaches in his work. He earned his PhD in Organisational Psychology and Business Ethics at the Union Institute and University, and a Doctor of Ministry from Christian Theological Seminary in Personality and Culture/Marriage and Family. His research interests are in congruence theoretical applications to people and systems, multicultural inclusion processes, program-educational adult learning enhancements and sustainable business development.

Dr Williams has published five books in human resource management and organisational psychology. He is currently completing three additional books for publication in 2008.

Programme(s) Taught

• Master of Business Administration
• Postgraduate Diploma of Business Administration
• Postgraduate Certificate of Management Studies
• Master of Management in Information Technology
• Postgraduate Diploma of Information Technology Management
• Postgraduate Certificate of Information Technology Management
• Certificate of Professional Development

Subject(s) Taught

• 601: Organisational Behaviour
• 750: Human Resources Management
• 790: Capstone Management Project

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Human Resource Management
• Organisational Development Network
• National Bureau of Professional Management Consultants
• International City Manager's Association
• American Society of Training and Development
• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
• Association of Black Psychologists
• American Group Psychotherapy Association
• American Counseling Association
• Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
• National Forum for Black Public Administrators
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
• Employee Assistance Professional Association
• Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Professional Fraternity
• International Coach Federation
• Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
• National Association of African Americans in Human Resources

Selected/Recent Publications

• Williams, L. (2008). From plantations to kraals; a journey from eurocentric to africentric organizational psychology. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Books (accepted for publication).
• Williams, L. (2008). Building capacity in leadership - understanding the six roles of leaders. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass (manuscript in final review for publication).
• Sun, T., & Williams, L. (2008) The soul of humanity; an exploration in human and business ethics. Quorum Books (manuscript accepted for publication).
• Williams, L., & Ranasinghe, K. (2007). Southeast Asian management: the influence of culture on global leadership. Development for the Journal of Consulting Psychology (forthcoming).
• Ecimovic, T., Bunzl, J.M., Esposito, M., Flint, W., Haw, R.B., Mulej, M. et al. (2007). The sustainable (development) future of mankind. Korte: SEM Institute for Climate Change.
• Williams, L. (2002). Creating the congruent workplace: challenges for people and their organisations. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books.
• Williams, L. (1996). Business decisions, human choices: restoring the partnership between people and their organizations. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books.
• Williams, L. (1995). Human resources in a changing society: balancing compliance and development. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books.
• Williams, L. (1994). Organizational violence: creating a prescription for change. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books.
• Williams, L. (1993). The congruence of people and organizations, healing dysfunction from inside-out. Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books.

Selected/Recent Presentation

• Williams, L. (2007, 29 September). Research and Publications Seminar and Workshop: Keynote Address and Publications Workshop, Argosy University, Inland Empire.
• Williams, L. (2007, April). Corporate social responsibility - moving beyond ethics to strategy. Keynote address, European School of Economics, Milan, Italy.
• Williams, L. (2007, 8-22 April). Executive leadership in hospitality and tourism education. DCT University, Luzern and Vitznau, Switzerland.
• Williams, L. (2006, January). Building capacity for learning and leading - a tribute to Martin Luther King. Keynote address for Career Education Corporation, Scottsdale Culinary Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Williams, L. (2005). Creating service in servant teamwork. Keynote address for internal auditors, United States Army Personnel, Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Williams, L. (2005). Hospitality executive development. A four-session presentation to hospitality leaders of hotels and tourism groups, Singapore.
• Williams, L. (2005). Financial servant leadership. Presentation to the Washington State Finance Officers, Bellingham, Washington.
• Williams, L. (2005). Group process and executive development. Presentation to Arizona State Psychologists - Body Positive AIDS and Research Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
• Williams, L., & Burdick, J. (2004). Moving beyond Bloom's taxonomy: a new future in educational modeling. Higher Trends Futures Conference, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona.
• Williams, L. (2004). Creating a sponsored research culture. Keynote presentation, National Sponsored Research Conference, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama.
• Williams, L. (2004). Community engagement and early/college high school programming. Early College/High School Annual Conference, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (in conjunction with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation), University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
• Williams, L. (2004). Creating capacity in people development through qualitative and quantitative research. Keynote presentation, SECME and SEMAA National Conference, Houston, Texas.
• Williams, L. (2003). Community engagement - bringing human service to educational programming. SECME and SEMAA National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Williams, L. (2003). Community engagement at the local and national level. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation Conference on Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Williams, L. (2003). Creating capacity in learner development - online modeling - the flexibility option. Business Education Conference, John F. Kennedy University, Walnut Creek, California.
• Williams, L. (2003). Leadership development - new strategies for leading human resources. Keynote speaker and session presenter for The National Association of African American Human Resources Conference, San Diego, California.
• Williams, L. (2003). Building diversity through collaborative culture development. Keynote speaker for The Regional Association of African American Human Resources Conference, San Jose, California.

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