Clive Lewis (business psychologist)

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Clive Oscar Lewis OBE DL was a business psychologist and author. He was a workplace mediator in the UK [1] and a frequent commentator on employment and industrial relations issues. [2] He died in 2023. [3]

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Public affairs

Lewis was interviewed by the BBC to talk about the role mediation could play in the 2009 Royal Mail dispute. [4] In the same year, the Algerian government invited him to give a speech titled "Mediation – The British Perspective", [5] at a conference attended by about 400 members of the Algerian judiciary. He gave similar talks in Jordan [5] and the European Parliament. He was an adviser on the Gibbons Review [6] into UK workplace practices.

He attended a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative Dispute Resolution [7] and was honorary secretary for the Civil Mediation Council [8] until 2015. His research on mediation and organisation diagnosis in the National Health Service was shortlisted for an award by the Association for Business Psychology in 2017. [9]

Local roles

In 2011, he was awarded the OBE [10] for his work in mediation and for chairing the government commissioned REACH report. [11] He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire in 2012. [12] He was a member of the board of governors for the University of the West of England, Bristol. [13]

Lewis founded the Bridge Builders Mentoring Scheme in 2014. [14] The scheme focuses on social mobility for boys and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. He was also founder of the Senior Women’s Lunch held annually at the House of Lords.

Publications

He authored 14 books, [15] including How to Master Workplace and Employment Mediation, published by Bloomsbury in 2015. [16] His book on tackling difficult conversations was featured in the Sunday Times. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Clive Lewis". Mediate. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    - "Clive Lewis". Clerks Room. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "HRM Conference April 2017 With Guest Speaker, Stella Collins". Westminster Business School. 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "In memory of Clive Lewis OBE DL". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Doing deals between angry parties". BBC News. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    - "29/10/2009, Wake Up to Money". BBC Radio 5. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 Richbell, David (23 December 2014). How to Master Commercial Mediation. Bloomsbury Professional. ISBN   9781780436821. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Gibbons, Michael (2007). A review of employment dispute resolution in Great Britain. London: UK Government.
  7. ↑ Howell, John (14 November 2016). "Notes from the All-Party-Parliamentary Group on Alternative Dispute Resolution Meeting 14 November 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Civil Mediation Council". Civil Mediation. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "2017 Awards finalists". The Association for Business Psychology. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Queen's birthday honours list: OBE". The Guardian. 10 June 2011. ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    - "Queen's Birthday Honours 2011: list in full". Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Reach report published today". Commission for Equality and Human Rights. Archived from the original on 7 November 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
    - "Black boys need role models: Report". Express. 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Clive Lewis OBE DL". Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    - "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". The Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Social mobility pioneer Clive Lewis OBE appointed to Board of Governors". UWE Bristol. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    - "Clive Lewis OBE appointed to UWE Board of Governors". Business Leader. 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "'Bridge Builders' Initiative Inspires Luton Students to Focus on the Future". The Shared Learning Trust. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
    - "Bridge Builders Mentoring Scheme". Bridge Builders Mentoring Scheme. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Three of a kind: managing workplace conflict". Personnel Today. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "How to Master Workplace and Employment Mediation". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  17. ↑ Chynoweth, Carly (8 May 2011). "Don't fear the weeper". The Sunday Times. ISSN   0956-1382 . Retrieved 5 February 2018.


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