Chris Dalton

Dr Chris Dalton is Associate Professor of Management Learning and Subject Leader for Personal Development (PD) on the Executive MBA at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.

A dynamic and creative tutor and facilitator, Chris joined Henley in November 2005 and was Programme Director for Henley Distance Learning MBA (Flexible Learning) until 2010, when he took over the PD role. Chris has over 30 years of experience in management education and training. Before coming to Henley, he worked at the Central European University Business School (and its predecessor, the International Management Center) in Budapest, Hungary, where his posts included Director of their full-time and modular MBA program. He has also worked with the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, USA. Chris teaches on the MBA and runs corporate workshops and seminars related to management development in many parts of the world, including South Africa, Central Europe and the Middle East.

Chris holds a PhD in Management Learning and Leadership from Lancaster University, and an MBA from Henley. He is a Henley-certified coach and online tutor and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). His research is focused on the use of reflection in Personal Development in post-experience Management Education.

His first book, The Every Day MBA, was published at the beginning of 2015, and his second, Brilliant Strategy for Business, was published in 2016. MBA Day by Day was published in 2019. All are published by Pearson. In 2021, he published The Integrated Leader: a foundation for lifelong management learning (World Scientific).

In 2025, Chris co-authored a book with South African musician, Barry Van Zyl called, Finding Your Groove: Resonant Leadership in a Disconnected World, and is publishing the 3rd edition of MBA Day by Day.