Helping organisations and leaders make better decisions about leadership, work and organisational change through evidence-based organisational psychology.
Led by Professor Matthew Davis, The Business Psychologist brings together executive coaching, organisational consulting, executive education, research and speaking to help organisations and leaders navigate complexity with confidence.
Professor of Organisational Psychology
Chartered Psychologist
Executive Coach
Leadership & Organisation Consultant
Researcher, Author & Speaker
What we help with
Work is changing quickly. Hybrid working, AI, changing employee expectations and pressure on office space are forcing leaders to make decisions without simple answers.
The Business Psychologist helps organisations use evidence, not guesswork, to design work, leadership and cultures that support performance, wellbeing and sustainable impact.
Executive coaching
Evidence-informed coaching for senior leaders and professionals navigating complexity, change, role transitions and organisational impact.
Organisational advisory
Independent, research-informed input on organisational challenges, people decisions, culture, leadership and responsible change.
Executive education
Workshops, seminars and executive sessions that translate organisational psychology into practical action for leaders and teams.
Workplace design
Consulting on hybrid working, office use, workplace experience and the future of work as psychological and organisational design problems.
Leadership and culture
Support for leaders seeking to build healthier cultures, improve trust and make organisational change more thoughtful and effective.
Research and evidence
Evidence reviews, evaluation, applied research partnerships and expert interpretation for organisations making complex people decisions.
Why this matters
Many workplace decisions are treated as policy choices, design preferences or management habits. In practice, they are psychological and organisational systems problems.
How people collaborate, concentrate, recover, trust leaders, use technology and experience autonomy all shape whether work actually works.
About Matthew
Professor Matthew Davis is an organisational psychologist, Chartered Psychologist, executive coach and leadership consultant. He is Professor of Organisational Psychology at Leeds University Business School, where his research focuses on leadership, workplaces and organisational systems.
Through The Business Psychologist, Matthew works with organisations and leaders across executive coaching, organisational consulting, leadership development, executive education and speaking.
Featured expertise
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Executive coaching and leadership development
- Office and workplace design
- Organisational culture and change
- Leadership and management development
- Workplace wellbeing and performance
- Responsible business and ethics
- Research evaluation and evidence reviews
Make better decisions about work
If you are making decisions about work, leadership, workplaces or culture and want an evidence-based perspective, get in touch.