In our animated fable about organisational change The Butterfly Effect   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCIa0eQw3mc&t=1s we introduce a management team based on the characters of Beavers. The Beaver is known for its hard working and innovative approach to building eco systems...

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Have you ever considered the difference between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ change management skills? We make the following distinction ; ‘Hard’ change management skills involve analyses using change management models , writing, process mapping, co-ordinating activities; whilst ‘soft’...

I am currently reading 'Generative Trance: The experience of creative flow’ by Stephen Gilligan which explores the idea of generative change at the level of self. The book is packed with rich insights into personal change at...

Our 'Leading Cultural Change Consultancy Certification' programme https://bit.ly/3aOK92Y is an essential part of our training course portfolio at www.culturalchange.co.uk. For me it sits at the very core of my identity as a trainer and facilitator of cultural...

I am delighted to be co- delivering at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, an innovative  course on Managing Strategic Change. Over a programme of 21 two-hour lectures we will review the strategic change process artfully crafted in...

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Corporate research is suggesting very strongly that soft skills development in managers should not be dismissed lightly. This blog discusses this finding and reports on some interesting and important corporate research and discusses the role of Business Schools...

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Having spent 25 years practising management starting as a restaurant manager and moving up through six different positions I have enjoyed a pretty successful management career. I started as a unit manager, then moved through to...

 
Leading Cultural Change Practitioner Programme
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Within every organisation there are established ways of doing things. The choices we make regards behaviours, attitudes, and decisions, are controlled by the underlying culture of our organisations. A useful metaphor one can...

This article considers the skills that certain research indicates are required from graduates on the part of employers. It presents a skills framework that can be used to guide a general talent management approach to both students...

There is a view that Neuro-Linguistic-Programming is unscientific. And if we mean that its methods are not grounded in scientific study filtered through peer reviewed journals then this is not an unfair claim. However, it always surprises...

If you are feeling curious and perhaps on a train journey, flying from A to B or maybe looking for alternative ideas to developing the soft skills of change leaders then I invite you to look inside...

Once upon a time I started an MBA course. Sitting at the back of a class of over 70 students I was nervous, though that kind of excited state that you get when you are on the...

I spent 25 years in management, most of it in senior teams running multiple service operations. I decided to take the plunge 3 years ago and set up my own business specialising in cultural change solutions for...

I know that cultural change is incredibly tough, messy, and fraught with difficulties, however this does not mean that it should be avoided. If the culture of a management team is no longer enabling the growth and...

We have developed a coaching programme blended with aspects of NLP. Recently I was asked when have I been coached , either personally or professionally and how did I benefit from the experience?  BOOM…..a massive anchor that...

We all know that today’s managers are busy and under a lot of pressure to deliver so why should they make time and invest in the need to learn about ideas and methods central to successful cultural...

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Every day in organisations throughout our world, leaders of change are asking themselves critical cultural questions such as
“How do we engage with our staff?”
“How do we align strategy and culture?”
” How do we change limiting beliefs?”
“How do...

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We know a lot about change leadership. We understand how to design change programs, and we know how to prescribe best practice change methods. Yet, despite all this knowledge a significant percentage of change leadership projects...

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We all know that cultural change is a very specialised area of change practice. Investing in the right training course is critical to avoiding an enormous amount of unnecessary anxiety and loss of resources. We have designed...

NLP Certification for Change Leaders which is a CMI recognised programme is a unique course which can greatly improve the probability that a change project will be highly successful. The course is unique as it provides an...

I was once a very judge mental character. I regularly imposed my ‘maps’ onto others. If they did not ‘fit’ into my maps then they held the ‘wrong maps’. I was at times not that reflective regards...

From CRASH to COACH State With NLP 
We all experience disappointments in life that produce a mismatch between our actual ‘results’ and our ‘expectations’. This mismatch  can be understood as a perceived ‘loss’ that has an immediate impact...