Dr Michalis Kourtidis PhD, BA (Hons), MA, Chartered MCIPD
Managing Director, ExecCoach & HR Consultant
Michalis holds a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Applied Management & Strategy from Coventry University, UK (2023), a Masters degree in Organisational Analysis & Behaviour from Lancaster University, UK (1992) and a BA (hons) in Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology from the University of Ioannina, Greece (1991). His interest in counselling also led him to a postgraduate certificate in School Counselling Psychology. He is also a Chartered Member of CIPD.
Michalis is a Senior Teaching Fellow in HRM at Birmingham City University since 2017. His long involvement with Assessment Tools in Business brought him closer to the worldwide leader in psychometrics Profiles International Inc., Waco, TX. Michalis is now authorised partner of Profiles and very proficient in applying and interpreting results of their assessments for the benefit of business organisations and individuals. He has over 15 years of teaching in public and private HE Institutions in the UK and abroad. He has worked in services and sales in multinational organisations for six years and worked as a Management Consultant since 1998 focusing on Career Consultancy, Performance Management, Leadership Development, Management by Assessments, Recruitment & Selection and Human Resource Management. He has worked in challenging projects for the private and public sector.
The majority of clients come from the Hospitality Industry: small, medium and big hotel organisations of national and international reputation have been served by Michalis and his partners. Executive Coaching plays a significant role in his pallet of services. He is well known for his personal, thorough and philosophical approach and for his "smooth" way he challenges his executive clients. Michalis is a strong believer of human's good and positive nature and always aims to make others see their world through that prism. He enjoys the peace of a long lasting marriage with 2 grown-up wonderful children.