About Me

Damian Hughes is the author of four best-selling books, Liquid Thinking, Liquid Leadership, The Survival Guide to Change and Change Catalyst as well the founder of LiquidThinker, the inspirational consultancy which takes the methods used by great leaders and achievers and shows, in easy steps, how these can be applied to business, teams and individuals to achieve success.

Hughes, a former England schoolboy footballer and Manchester United football coach, was a Human Resource Director for Unilever, where he led a turn around in performance at the UK's oldest manufacturing site in Port Sunlight before carrying out similar work in Africa and US.

Through his consultancy, LiquidThinker Ltd, Damian helps a wide range of organisations in both the commercial and public sector to develop change catalysts, inspiring leaders and great thinkers. He also works with professional sports teams, including GB Rugby League team, Warrington Wolves Rugby League and Olympic winning boxers and uses his expertise to help build both a winning environment and mindset.

Damian also runs a Manchester inner-city youth club, Collyhurst and Moston which has helped reduce crime and help many kids find a purpose in their lives from  keeping on the straight and narrow to winning Olympic medals. Nominated for the William Hill Sports book of the year award for his biography of boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson, Damian has also co-authored a critically acclaimed biography of boxing legend, Thomas Hearns in Hitman: the Thomas Hearns Story.

He was appointed as a Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Manchester Metropolitan University in September 2010.

His innovative and exciting approach has been praised by Sir Richard Branson, Muhammad Ali, Sir Terry Leahy, Tiger Woods, Jonny Wilkinson and Sir Alex Ferguson.