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Culture is always a differentiator!

Recently Jonathan Betts, Dianne Lee, Jackie MacRitchie, Renos Savva, Sara Vanderberghe and I met to talk about how to sustain culture in times of change, especially in a downturn. We discussed how a positive organizational culture is critical as organisations grow and evolve so that our best talent can thrive.  Culture is a differentiator! As times get tough culture is [...]

By |2024-11-25T17:03:22+00:00November 25th, 2024|Case Study|0 Comments

Effective Change Management essential for Successful Digital Transformation

In January  I moderated a panel on Digital transformation and change management hosted by the @Pistoia Alliance.  The panel of @Adama Ibrahim @Sally Walsh @ Paul Denny Gouldson and @Gary Heusner brought their extensive digital transformation experiences insights to share.  After understanding why they are all so passionate about this topic we heard about some of the challenges and frustrations [...]

By |2024-11-25T15:52:18+00:00November 25th, 2024|Case Study|0 Comments

The three “S” for personal transformational change

  I was honoured to participate in the inaugural HBA Talks at the inspiring HBA annual conference last week. #HBAAC24 It was an opportunity to share life lessons in personal change and these same lessons can be applied to large organizational change. My story “From Lab to Transforming Organisations” seemed to resonate with many people in the audience. It’s certainly [...]

By |2024-10-03T13:16:07+00:00October 3rd, 2024|Coaching Leaders, Leading change bottom up|0 Comments

Why do we need timesheets?

Do you have to complete timesheets in your work?  It’s not much fun, is it? But it can be valuable especially when we are navigating in challenging times and want to make sure we are spending time on what really matters. Recently, Dianne Lee, Jonathan Betts, Elisabeth Mortimer-Cassen, and Jackie MacRitchie and I shared our experiences of completing time sheets [...]

By |2024-08-23T10:00:07+00:00August 23rd, 2024|Case Study|0 Comments

No need for strategy in a downturn

  It’s been a tough time for the Life Sciences (and other) sectors in 2024.  Uncertainty around the future and a slowdown in investment has meant that the sector has stuttered in its growth, and we are in a period of consolidation awaiting (and hoping for) better times.  Organizations are downsizing and the job market is not as buoyant as [...]

By |2024-08-16T15:05:04+00:00August 16th, 2024|Coaching Leaders|0 Comments

Embrace multigenerational working to create a successful organization!

Multigenerational working is part of the way we do business today.  But how is it affecting the way we work? What can we do to build better relationships and enable effective organisations? Recently, Dianne Lee, Jonathan Betts, Renos Savva, Elisabeth Mortimer-Cassen, Amina Udechuku and Jackie MacRitchie have explored this. We shared experiences of working in hierarchical structures and what we [...]

By |2024-06-17T11:05:23+00:00June 17th, 2024|Coaching Leaders|0 Comments

Engaged and connected employees are the key to Leading Change

In 2024 I’m exploring how employees can lead change from the bottom up.  What does it take to drive success? My first discussion on this topic was with  Mike Mair.  We concluded that if employees are truly engaged and connected then leading change bottom-up is possible. The role of leaders and managers is critical to achieve real engagement and connection.  Using data [...]

By |2024-04-11T08:56:11+00:00April 11th, 2024|Leading change bottom up|0 Comments

The changing face of people management

Remote and hybrid working has changed the role of people management. Recently Jackie Macritchie, Dianne Lee, Jonathan Betts, Amina Yesufu-Udechuku, Elisabeth (Liz) Mortimer-Cassen and Sara Vandenberghe discussed why middle managers are so important and how to nurture and develop.  This was shared in a previous post. As part of that discussion, we identified that remote and hybrid working has added extra [...]

By |2024-04-11T08:30:37+00:00April 11th, 2024|Leading change bottom up|0 Comments

Put middle managers at the centre of your organisation!

In 2024 I’ve been exploring how employees can lead change from the bottom up.  What does it take to drive success? One theme that has come up consistently is the need to have a supportive environment.  Who creates that for front line employees?  It's the layer that is often described as middle (or people) managers. How can we, and do we nurture and [...]

By |2024-04-09T15:30:36+00:00April 9th, 2024|Leading change bottom up|0 Comments

Unleashing the power of Belonging – the elusive factor in organizational success

Having a sense of Belonging in your organization is now being recognized as one of the most important factors to drive well-being, engage employees and thus organizational performance. It was no surprize that Belonging was selected by a small group of Life Sciences leaders to be a topic for our forum and because it was such a great discussion, they [...]

By |2023-08-18T14:03:41+00:00August 18th, 2023|Coaching Leaders|0 Comments
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