Nigel Cumberland

Nigel Cumberland
Born (1967-07-26) 26 July 1967
York, England
Alma mater
Occupation
Spouse(s) Evelyn Capel
Children 2
Website nigelcumberland.com

Nigel Cumberland is a British author, leadership coach, and a founder of The Silk Road Partnership.[1][2] He is the author of eight books, a number of which have been translated into foreign languages, including into Chinese, Romanian, Dutch, Arabic and Brazilian Portuguese.[3][4] He writes self-development and leadership skills books, some of which have been serialised.[5]

Early life and education

Brought up in the UK, Cumberland is British with a mother who was originally from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma).[6] Cumberland read Economics at Queens' College,[7] University of Cambridge graduating in 1989. He had come up to Cambridge from Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in York. He later studied management accounting and since 2005 holds the Fellow ("FCMA") title with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ("CIMA").[8][9] He is trained and certified as a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach.[10]

Cumberland with fellow author & coach Marshall Goldsmith in Dubai on 6 September 2015

Career

Earlier in his career Cumberland had been an expatriate Finance Director with Coats plc and also held managing director positions with groups such as Adecco SA.[11] In 2000, he founded St. George's Consulting, a recruitment and coaching company with offices in Hong Kong and China. It merged with the Asian arm of Harvey Nash plc in 2003 and renamed St. George's Harvey Nash.[12] firm was sold to UK recruitment company, Hays plc, in May 2006.[13][14][15]

In 2006, Cumberland renamed the part of St. George's that he retained as The Silk Road Partnership which merged with the business in London of Philip Beddows. Cumberland provides leadership coaching, mentoring, training and facilitation for C-suite leaders and Board members through The Silk Road Partnership from his base in both London, UK and Dubai, UAE.[16][17][18]

Cumberland is an Accredited Coach (Master Practitioner Level) with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council,[19] and at its request was part of a small working group which created an industry-wide Global Code of Ethics for coaches and mentors.[20][21] In January 2016, he was invited to become a founding member of a not-for-profit Gulf Coaching Alliance,[22] which supports knowledge sharing about the coaching profession in the Middle East. He is also a Founding Fellow of the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Institute of Coaching.[23]

Cumberland regularly writes in the media on career and leadership related topics.[24][25] He is often interviewed for articles on similar topics.[26][27][28] He is regularly invited to chair, facilitate and/or speak at various events.[29][30]

Volunteer and causes

In 2016, Cumberland was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London.[31][32]

Cumberland founded a Hong Kong-based charity called The Getting Back to Work Foundation, in 2002, which helped job-seekers to find work.[33]

Cumberland with his wife and co-founder of St. George's Consulting, receiving the 2002 China Staff Magazine HR Award for their firm at Hong Kong's Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Cumberland had been a board member and the Treasurer of the International School of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, a not for profit parent governed school, for four years until about 2011.[34][35]

Cumberland was quoted in different publications for his slightly controversial "You end up with boring adults" comment regarding the effects of poor parenting and nurturing of young people after he was interviewed and quoted by Carl Honoré in his 2008 book Under Pressure.[36][37][38][39]

Bibliography

Cumberland receiving the Freedom of the City of London at a June 2016 ceremony in a court of London's Guildhall
Cumberland at the Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club in June 2006

References

  1. "IAS Insider – Partners' testimony". Inst-aero-spatial.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. "Nigel Cumberland". Hodder & Stoughton.
  3. "Editora Self com mais três novidades". Diariodigital.sapo.pt. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. "100 DE PASI PENTRU O VIATA DE SUCCES AUTOR NIGEL CUMBERLAND EDITURA NICULESCU – Dezvoltare personala – Libraria Verona – Librarie Online – Carti la preturi mici". librariaverona.ro.
  5. "Secrets of Success at Work Week One: Work with your dreams and passions". Teachyourselfclub.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. Wired. "'Open-Source Politics' Taps Facebook for Myanmar Protests". WIRED.
  7. "List of Members A to K". Oxbridgemalaysia.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  8. "CIMA results – CIMA new members in 2005. Members elected between 1 January and 31st October 2005.(Chartered Institute of Management Accountants )".
  9. "Nigel Cumberland". The Silk Road Partnership. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  10. "SCCoaching". Sccoaching.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  11. "Nigel Cumberland | Authors". In a Week. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  12. "嘉信仕信息咨询(深圳)有限公司上海办事处 St. George's Harvey Nash招聘信息_电话_地址-智联招聘". Company.zhaopin.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  13. "UK recruitment group opens in Hong Kong to serve multinational clients". Government of Hong Kong. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  14. "Hays to announce big push into China". The Daily Telegraph. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  15. "Hays buys China business". Recruiter.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  16. http://www.silkroadpartnership.com/our-team.html
  17. "Nigel Cumberland". Inaweek.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  18. "Peakinsight: PARTNERS". Peakinsight.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  19. "Find a Mentor/Coach". Emccouncil.org. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  20. "23rd Annual Mentoring and Coaching Conference in Scotland 2017". scotland2017.emccconference.org.
  21. "Comparison of the new Global Code of Ethics with the three existing GCMA members' codes" (PDF). Emccouncil.org. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  22. "Work with the elite Coaches in the Gulf region". Nigel Cumberland. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  23. "Nigel Cumberland". Instituteofcoaching.org. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  24. "10 Top Tips To Living A Successful Life in Dubai". 16 October 2016.
  25. "Reliability counts more than promises". The National. Abu Dhabi. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  26. "A Five-year Challenge for Mainland Management Systems – CTgoodjobs powered by Career Times". Cthr.ctgoodjobs.hk. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  27. "Overseas employers target local talent". South China Morning Post.
  28. "Is Hong Kong investing enough in its future?". CTgoodjobs.hk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  29. Patrick Cannon. "marcus evans Chief Series Africa: Leading at The Frontier: Building the ultimate C-Suite network to spearhead and steer the organisation's wheel in accelerating business success". Chiefseriesafrica-lse.marcusevans.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  30. "ILCC 2013 emphasises on Leadership Mantras for the Modern Age". This Week Bangalore.
  31. "UAE residents win Freedom of the City of London – The National".
  32. "City of London – Agenda item – List of applicants for the Freedom of the City:". Democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  33. "Foundation helps to soften blow to Hong Kong's intellectual capital | South China Morning Post". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  34. "ISKL 2010–2011 Annual Report". Issuu.
  35. "13th Malaysian Education Summit 2009 : "Building a World-Class Malaysian Education System: Challenges and Opportunities in a Global World”" (PDF). Asli.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  36. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=60b255fc-910e-4dc1-ae6d-50961b0e7a2c%5B%5D
  37. https://is.muni.cz/repo/1169958/ECE2013_0305.pdf
  38. "Si los niños pudieran jugar más... – El blog de Salvaroj". Salvarojeducacion.com. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  39. "Sí los niños pudieran jugar más – Pelikan Escolar". Pelikan-escolar.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  40. "求職攻略──我的求職公司". Cp1897.com.hk. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  41. "CCNet Library – 搜索". Library.ccnet-hk.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  42. "Successful Recruitment in a Week: Teach Yourself – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  43. "Managing Teams in a Week: Teach Yourself – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  44. "Secrets of Success at Work: 50 Techniques to Excel – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  45. "Management in 4 Weeks: The Complete Guide to Success: Teach Yourself – Martin Manser, Nigel Cumberland, Norma Barry, Di Kamp". 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  46. "Recrutamento: em uma semana – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  47. "Finding & Hiring Talent in a Week: Talent Search, Recruitment And Retention ... – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  48. "Leading Teams in a Week: Team Leadership In Seven Simple Steps – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  49. "100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living – Nigel Cumberland". Retrieved 30 May 2016.
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