Tony Buon (born December 1960), is a British workplace psychologist, speaker, mediator and author. He is the Managing Partner of Buon Consultancy based in Edinburgh, Scotland Buon has been a Lecturer at

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, a Senior lecturer at

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and at the University of Western Sydney, Australia and a visiting professor at a number of international universities including Harvard (USA), Shanghai Normal University (PRC) and Trinity College Dublin. His areas of expertise include: Workplace psychology; learning & development, alcohol & other drugs in the workplace;

employee assistance program An employee assistance program in the United States generally offers free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services for employees. EAP counselors may also work in a consultative role with managers an ...

s; workplace

mediation Mediation is a structured, voluntary process for resolving disputes, facilitated by a neutral third party known as the mediator. It is a structured, interactive process where an independent third party, the mediator, assists disputing parties ...

; cultural communication, EAPs, recruitment and

credentialism Educational inflation, also known as credential inflation refers to the increasing overqualification required by employers beyond that which the occupations actually require. A good example of credential inflation is the decline in the value of ...

Education

Tony Buon holds diplomas in

Mediation Mediation is a structured, voluntary process for resolving disputes, facilitated by a neutral third party known as the mediator. It is a structured, interactive process where an independent third party, the mediator, assists disputing parties ...

Conflict Resolution Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of Conflict (process), conflict and Revenge, retribution. Committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively co ...

Counseling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. This is a list of c ...

and Teaching. He has also been awarded degrees in

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

and

Behavioural Sciences Behavioural science is the branch of science concerned with human behaviour.Hallsworth, M. (2023). A manifesto for applying behavioural science. ''Nature Human Behaviour'', ''7''(3), 310-322. While the term can technically be applied to the st ...

and he holds Post-Graduate Qualifications in Education and Organisational Psychology. His post-graduate research was into recruitment and credentialism was conducted at

in Australia.

Work

Buon has taught leadership, psychology and human resources management up to Master’s Level in universities in Australia and the UK and has also taught an accredited MBA programme. Today he provides consultancy and training services on learning and development, HRM, workplace

and other people issues. Tony Buon has worked in a number of countries including the UK, Ireland, Australia, China, Malaysia, USA, Finland, Greece, GCC, Nigeria, France and Italy. Born in Scotland, Tony spent many years in Australia where he owned and ran a large workplace psychological services consultancy. He also opened the first private psychological services in the People’s Republic of China. In 2008 he ran training programmes in China for Psychologists providing trauma counselling to the survivors of the

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Books

Buon has written a number of books and book chapters on subjects related to

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

coaching Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ...

and

counseling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. This is a list of c ...

. His best selling book was "The Leadership Coach" part of the well known "Teach Yourself" series and published by Hodder & Stoughton. His book "Communication Genius: 40 Insights From the Science of Communicating" was published by John Murray

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in 2015 in the UK and in 2016 in the USA

Media appearances

Buon has been featured in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine and ''The Reader's Digest''. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, Trans-World Sport and many international television and radio stations discussing people problems, and workplace psychology.

Film production

Buon has produced a number of specialist training and educational films, including the Human Rights Australia Award nominated film ''In Too Deep''.

Selected bibliography

* Buon, T (2015) ''Communication Genius: 40 Insights from the Science of Communicating''. Hodder & Stoughton General Division * Buon, T & Kinder, A (2015) ''The Role of Coaching in Supporting Organisations to Address mental Health Issues". Ch.9. in Coaching in Times of Crisis and Transformation: How to Help Individuals and Organizations Flourish. Liz Hall (Ed). Kogan Page * Buon, T (2014) ''The Leadership Coach''. Hodder & Stoughton: London * Buon, T (2012) ''Counselling & Psychology in China''. Counselling at Work. Autumn. * Zhu, X, Wang, Z, and Buon, T (2012). ''Trauma Counseling and Psychological Support in the People's Republic of China (PRC). in International Handbook of Workplace Trauma Support'', 1st Edition. Edited by R. Hughes, C. Cooper, and A. Kinder. John Wiley: UK * Buon, T & Taylor, J (2008) A Review of the EAP Market in the United Kingdom and Europe. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, Vol. 23(4) 425-443 * Buon, T (2008) Perspectives on Managing Workplace Conflict. In Employee Well-being Support: A Workplace Resource (2008) Kinder, A, Hughes, R & Cooper Cary (Eds), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Publisher * Buon T & Buon, C (2007) The Bully Within. Counselling at Work. Summer. * Buon, T (2005). The Management of Workplace Bullying. PKU Business Review, 5, 74-79, Peking University (PRC) (Published in Chinese). * Buon, T (2005). Employee Counselling and Performance Management, Counselling at Work. Summer, 18-19. * Buon, T (2004). Future of workplace counselling. Counselling at Work. ACW. Summer * Buon, T (2003). Not another Syndicate Group! Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal. 18, 1, 15-17. * Buon, Y. and Compton, B. 1994. The Development of Alcohol and Other Drug Programs in the Workplace. In Stone, R. J. (Ed.). Readings in Human Resource Management (Volume 2): 240–252. Brisbane: John Wiley Ltd. * Buon, T (1994). The Recruitment of Training Professionals. Training & Development in Australia, 21, 17-22. * Buon, T & Compton, B (1989). Who's on the qualifications merry-go-round? * Buon, T. (1984). The Newtown Project - A Programme Intended to Reduce Juvenile Shop Stealing Behaviour. Proceedings of the Institute of Criminology, 57, 84-87.

References

External links

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