Coaching & Mentoring Pioneer; Co-Founder of EMCC Global; Visiting Professor at Henley Business School; Author of "Everyone Needs a Mentor"
David Clutterbuck Biography
Professor David Clutterbuck is recognized as a pioneer in modern coaching and mentoring, with more than four decades of experience in leadership development, organizational learning, and human potential. Clutterbuck introduced supported mentoring to Europe and played a key role in popularizing 360-degree feedback, having encountered the practice during international research on management practices. Throughout his career, he has educated coaches, mentors, and team coaches worldwide, contributing to the advancement of leadership, talent management, and organizational dialogue through a combination of research and practical application.
As co-founder of the professional body now known as EMCC Global, Clutterbuck serves as a visiting professor at Henley Business School and has authored, co-authored, or co-edited approximately 80 books and numerous academic papers. Notable works include "Everyone Needs a Mentor," which helped define developmental mentoring, and "Coaching the Team at Work," a foundational text on evidence-based team coaching. "The Winning Streak," co-written with Walter Goldsmith, applied research to identify characteristics of high-performing companies, while "The Talent Wave" contributed to the systemic talent management movement.
Clutterbuck has distinguished between the US sponsorship-based model of mentoring and the European development-based approach, emphasizing mentee self-reliance and growth. His PERILL framework and app provide tools for analyzing team dynamics within complex, adaptive systems. As a founder member of the Coach Maturity Research Group, Clutterbuck co-authored the first studies on coach maturity. He also serves as a Distinguished Principal Research Fellow in Human Capital at The Conference Board.
Clutterbuck has been inducted into the Thinkers50 Coaching Legends, longlisted for the Thinkers50 Coaching and Mentoring Award, named "Coaching at Work" magazine's first Mentor of the Year, and featured in the Top 15 of HR Most Influential by HR Magazine. He has authored or edited more than 75 books and hundreds of articles, delivered over 2,000 conference papers, and serves as co-editor of the Routledge EMCC Masters in Coaching and Mentoring series. Clutterbuck continues to contribute to the fields of coaching, mentoring, and talent development through research, writing, and educational initiatives.
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David Clutterbuck Speaking Topics
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Reciprocal mentoring – changing the systems that prevent diversity and inclusion by addressing them from both above and below
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The top team as “coaches in chief”
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David Clutterbuck is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Reciprocal mentoring – changing the systems that prevent diversity and inclusion by addressing them from both above and below, The top team as “coaches in chief”, How to keep “organizational arthritis” at bay, Rapid teaming – how to create new teams that are high performing from day one and How to lead high performing teams in a complex, adaptive environment. The estimated speaking fee range to book David Clutterbuck for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. David Clutterbuck generally travels from UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Andy Habermacher, Sheldon Yellen, Garrison Wynn, Marshall Goldsmith and Cheryl Cran. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling David Clutterbuck for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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