Anthony Holmes is a British

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and active

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in the turnaround and business recovery field.

Biography

Holmes' books include ''Complex

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Projects'' and ''Managing Through Turbulent Times''. Holmes is best known for his arguments and published works on the inherent difference between leaders and

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and why managers at the top of large organisations are unlikely to ever become true leaders. The themes "

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cannot be taught" and "how leaders should behave in

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" are recurrent in all of Holmes' published works and public appearances. Holmes is a regular

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and contributor to many UK

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publications seeking authority on corporate behaviour in

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. He was cited extensively in the

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'Road to Recovery' Report on recovery from recession,

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, and numerous other business titles including The Director (Institute of Directors) and

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. Holmes' comments on complex infrastructure projects focus on the

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s made in the evaluation of benefits and costs. After a career in

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and

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, Holmes has recently focused on how and why large, complex infrastructure becomes impaired. He is also co-founder of the Institute for Infrastructure Studies

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Published works

External links

* Harriman House,

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, Gordon Poole, Real Business, Spectator Business (The Spectator), Fresh Business Thinking, Financial Times, Sunday Times * Managing Through Turbulent Times * https://web.archive.org/web/20090122095738/http://harriman-house.com/pages/authors.htm?Index=17169&Author=Anthony_Holmes
RealBusiness
* https://web.archive.org/web/20091112063046/http://www.ft.com/reports/roadtorecovery
Profile at the Gordon Poole Agency.
* http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/

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