In this section of the website you can find a lot of the background detail about our approach to leadership, assessment and development. The links on the left give you a way of finding out more about Formula 4 Leadership. There is some detail below about the four of us who were first involved in the creation of our approach. If anybody wishes to contact us to discuss anything about leadership we would be delighted. This is our passion and we are keen to share it!
Michael Lock is one of the two original authors of the LJI and the leadership framework behind it. He is both a chartered occupational psychologist and a chartered educational psychologist so brings differing perspectives to bear on its development. His current work takes him into a range of organisational contexts, from manufacturers of chemicals to confectionery, usually engaged in the selection and development of senior managers. He has a particular interest in the ‘inner game’ of leadership.
Bob Wheeler is one of the co-founders of Formula 4 Leadership Ltd and was a joint developer both of the Formula 4 Leadership Model and the LJI. He graduated in law from Cambridge University, qualified as a barrister then worked in a range of increasingly senior human resources positions in industry for 15 years. He has run his own management consultancy since 1990 focusing upon the achievement of change and improving performance through people. In addition to leadership he has particular interest in negotiation, coaching and development.
IT Director
Nick Burnard started working with Formula 4 Leadership having being approached to computerise the scoring and report-generation process. Having initially been trained in systems analysis, he has worked in both computer application development and computer infrastructure management for the past 25 years in a variety of companies within the manufacturing and telecoms sectors. He has run his own IT Solutions company for the last five years, working on computer infrastructure and application hosting projects, with special focus on internet-based deployments. He has a particular interest in the development and deployment of automated testing applications using internet and web-based technologies.
Editor of the LJI Manual
Colin Cooper is an academic psychologist at Queen’s University, Belfast, who undertook some psychometric analyses of the LJI in 2004. He has a PhD in Psychology and has published extensively in the areas of individual differences and psychometrics. His current work focuses on the links between general mental ability and reflex latency. He has a particular interest in test construction and validation.