About

For the last 9 years I have been a co-owner and director of Interactive Leadership and Management Development a consultancy specialising in executive coaching, leadership and team development and academic writing. I have been privileged to work on a free-lance basis with universities and health services internationally. Prior to my free-lance work I was a Dean of Faculty for 13 years in the UK and I worked in Australia for 15 months. My coaching clients are based all over the world and it’s this aspect of my work that I find most stimulating.

I am currently associate, for the Higher Education Academy, the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and a senior associate of Ranmore Consulting.

I am widely published, including eight books and over 90 peer reviewed articles and I have been a key note speaker at numerous international conferences. I am a Visiting Professor at the University of Derby and the University of Chichester (UK) and Adjunct Professor at Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand) and Curtin University, Perth Australia.

Research interests

Governance and Leadership, Executive Coaching, Interprofessional Education, Dementia, Integrated health and social care.

Membership of professional bodies

• Coaching accreditation

Qualifications

• 2011 Ashridge Business School, Post Graduate Diploma and accreditation in Executive Coaching
• 1994-2001 Sheffield Hallam University, Doctor of Philosophy with a thesis title Shared Learning: Monitoring the Attitudinal Change of Staff and Students on Undergraduate Health Care Professional Programmes
• 1994 University of Derby, Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methods
• 1990 Sheffield City Polytechnic, Masters Degree in Business Administration
• 1987 Stannington College, Sheffield, Management Diploma of the College of Radiographers
• 1985 College of Radiographers, National Examining Body, Teaching Diploma of the College of Radiographers
• 1985 Sheffield City Polytechnic, Further Education Teaching Certificate
• 1984 College of Radiographers, National Examining Body, Higher Diploma of the College of Radiographers
• 1977 Sheffield School of Radiography, Diploma of the College of Radiographers

Additional interests and activities

Travel, Learning to speak Spanish, walking and swimming.

Recent publications

• Forman, D. Jones, M and Thistlethwaite, J. (Eds) (2016) Leading Research and Evaluation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. Palgrave Macmillan. Hampshire
• Forman, D. and Pond, D. (2015) Care of the Person with Dementia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, Australia.
• Forman, D. Jones, M and Thistlethwaite, J. (Eds) (2015) Leadership and Collaboration: Further Developments for Interprofessional Education. Palgrave Macmillan. Hampshire
• Forman, D., Jones, M. and Thistlethwaite, J. (Eds) (2014) Leadership Development for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. Palgrave MacMillan
• Gentle, P. and Forman, D (2014) Engaging Leaders: the challenge of inspiring collective commitment in universities. Routledge 
• Nicol, P., Forman, D. and Nicol, P. (2015) Looking to the future:  Framing the implementation of interprofessional education and practice with scenario planning. Education for Health
• Moran, M. Steketee, C. Forman, D. Dunston, R. (2015) Using a research-informed interprofessional curriculum framework to guide reflection and future planning of interprofessional education in a multisite context. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education Vol 5.1. March P. 1-13.
• Thistlethwaite, J. Forman, D. Matthews, L. Rogers, G. Steketee, C. Yassine, T. (2014) Competences and Frameworks in Interprofessional Education: A Comparative Analysis. Journal of Academic Medicine 89(6):869-75 P1-7
• Roberts, L.D. and Forman, D. (2014) Interprofessional education for first year psychology students: Career plans, perceived relevance and attitudes Journal of Interprofessional Care.
• Nicol, P., Forman, D. and Nicol, P. (2014) Attributes of Interprofessional Education. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Education and Practice October Vol 4.2 P 1-11