About

James Walker


  • Reviews and directs resolution of complex projects 
  • Held academic teaching positions in Medical and Graduate Business schools
  • Coaching panel of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Consulting awards – Australia (Federal, VIC, SA) and United States   
  • Committee membership – Finance and Programs
  • Clients (below) include the World Bank, IMF, governments, and corporations


After teaching in Melbourne, I taught at the University of Southern California, and later at the American University Graduate School of Business (MBA program), and the Georgetown University Medical School Washington D.C. My academic background integrates business and psychology.


At the same time, I practiced as an organisational consultant for turnaround of major initiatives, including strategic planning, organisation change, and information system concerns.  This work continues now after my return to Australia together with an executive and personal coaching practice. 


For boards and committees I develop and deliver institutional workshops focussed on strategy development for boards and committees, project turnaround, and organisational change. For academic and professional associations in Australia, Europe, USA and Moscow I have presented numerous lectures and workshops.



Examples of over 70 presentations, papers, and workshops:

  • A Method to Develop Stakeholder Management Strategies, Professional Development Workshop, ISPSO
  • Locus of Control and Vocational Interest, The Australian Psychological Society, Conference
  • Why Well Managed Projects Fail and What to Do about it, Professional Development Workshop, ISPSO
  • Projections of influence: helping identify, analyse, and resolve perceived influence, EMCC
  • Aligning Information to Strategic Goals: A Framework for Information Systems Development.  The Australian Centre for Management Accounting Development, Annual Meeting
  • Optimism bias of Governance Groups: A defence against lack of presumed knowledge, Socioanalysis 19: 2017 (51-60


Clients

Institutional:

International Finance Corporation*
International Monetary Fund*

The World Bank*

Medical/Hospital Boards*

National Institutes of Health (USA)*

Monash University (Defense)

Professional Associations*

University of West Australia


* multiple engagements


Governments:

Australian Federal Government*

U.S. Federal Government*

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

Californian State Government

New South Wales Government

South Australian Government*

Victorian Government*


Corporate:

Adecco Group (Australia)*

A.N.Z. Bank*
Alcoa of Australia*

Zurich Insurance (AUS)
CitiPower (Electric utility)

Fiserv Corporation (Westpac)*

Marriott Corporation HQ*

Newmont Gold Mines

SunCorp Group

Territory Insurance Office