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Professor Fiona Denney serves as Professor of Leadership and Business Education within the Organisations and People division at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London. With over 20 years of academic experience, she currently directs Executive Education and holds strategic leadership roles including external examiner positions at University of Lincoln and UCL. Her career spans business studies, academic staff development, and executive coaching in professional services sectors.
Her educational background includes a PhD in consumer durable new product development (2004), MA in Management Studies, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education, and BA (Hons) in American and Canadian Studies. She maintains active professional affiliations as Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Denney's research centers on human-centered leadership with specific focus on hybrid management systems and compassionate leadership practices across universities, public sector, and not-for-profit organizations. Current investigations examine third-space professionals in higher education through BA/Leverhulme funded research on hybrid managers' power dynamics and identity challenges. Her work integrates organizational compassion frameworks with post-pandemic recovery strategies and EDI implementation.
Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals consistent exploration of leadership identity formation, with recent emphasis on third-space professional visibility, pandemic-era compassion experiences, and resilience modeling. Key thematic developments include the 'Golden Braid' leadership framework (courage-compassion-resilience integration) and organizational compassion perspectives for EDI advancement.
- Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA)
- Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
- BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (2022-2024): Hybrid Managers in Higher Education
- Voices of Academia During Covid-19 Study (£3,714)
- Brunel-Tampere Grant: Building Support for International Student Employability (£8,000)
As Director of Executive Education, Denney supervises four doctoral candidates researching compassionate leadership and toxic workplace interventions. Her consultancy portfolio includes Epigeum (Oxford University Press) for online training development and executive coaching for senior professionals. Significant professional service includes UK Council for Graduate Education Executive Committee membership (2017-2021) with Secretary role, plus Vitae collaboration on academic leadership development frameworks.
