Allan Cox (author)

Allan Cox
Born 1937
Berwyn, Illinois
Occupation CEO, Allan Cox & Associates
Spouse(s) Cher Patric Cox
Website
Allan Cox & Associates

Allan Cox (born in 1937 in Berwyn, Illinois and raised in nearby Oak Park, Illinois) is an American consultant and author based in Chicago and San Diego. Cox is CEO of Allan Cox & Associates, which he founded in 1969.

Cox has a B.A. in social science and an M.A. in sociology from Northern Illinois University. He also studied at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago.[1]

Biography

Cox has authored eight books on organizations and management including Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter (1973), which was the first book published on the topic of executive search, to Your Inner CEO: Unleash the Executive Within (2007). He has written a series for the New York Times Sunday business section [2][3][4] and Field Newspaper syndicate; articles for Chief Executive, Across the Board, Industry Week, Training & Development Journal, Success, and Advertising Age. From 1986 to 1988 he wrote a weekly column for Los Angeles Times Syndicate entitled “The Achiever.” His 1985 book, The Making of the Achiever, was made into a six-cassette program for Nightingale-Conant and his 1990 book on teamwork—Straight Talk for Monday Morning—led to a four-part video series produced by the Bureau of Business Practice—Straight Talk on Teams.

Half-way through McCormick Theological Seminary, on his way to becoming a Presbyterian minister, Cox changed course and enrolled in what was then called The Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago, a non-degree granting, post-graduate organization, studying Adlerian psychology at night and working by day as a management consultant. He became an executive search consultant with Spencer Stuart & Associates, then the largest global search firm in existence, and served on its management committee. Two years later, he left to found the firm that bears his name. In addition to his writing and consulting work, Cox has also taught career development workshops at Northwestern University's Kellogg School and the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.[1][5]

Much of Cox’s writing and consulting work are explicitly grounded in Alfred Adler’s theories and practices. For example, Adler’s concepts of “social interest” and “style-of-life” underscore the Foreword he wrote for the book, Leadership by Encouragement, authored by Drs. Don Dinkmeyer and Daniel Eckstein.[6] The same can be said for his chapter, “The Power of Team,” which leads off the human resources section of the anthology, The Best of Chief Executive (magazine), compiled and edited by J.P. Donlon.[7] The November–December, 2007 issue of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology Newsletter referred to Cox as “Adlerian to the bone,” quoting a Society Past President and Adler scholar, Erik Mansager.

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chicago Magazine Profile (see below)
  2. ↑ NY Times "Scrap Consensus, Try Diversity" (see Below)
  3. ↑ NY Times "Focus on Teamwork" (see Below)
  4. ↑ NY Times "Even 'Flat' Companies Need Leaders" (see Below)
  5. ↑ Training Today Profile (see below)
  6. ↑ Leadership by Encouragement
  7. ↑ Best of Chief Executive
  8. ↑ Management Learning review
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Business Ethics Quarterly Review

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