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I don't know about you, but when I come across someone who has been instrumental in leading 5 successful major change initiatives back-to-back over 7 years, I pay close attention!

The client companies were UK based: Nationwide, National Savings, Liverpool City Council, Lloyds of London and Friends Provident.

The man who led the team that found the key to overcoming organisational resistance to change, and that delivered these successes, is Neil Farmer of Informal Networks Ltd.

The secret of his team's success? Identifying and working through the informal networks and "natural leaders" within each organisation, that existed largely outside of the formal "command and control" management structures. For more on this see the first of 2 featured articles: "Putting People First"

Continuing with the theme of finding and developing the hidden talent within organisations, author and subscriber to this ezine David Froom says that:

"For decades, corporations have stifled innovation from within their ranks through an underlying culture that promotes and rewards conforming behavior."

David has 16 years experience consulting to medium and large organizations.

During this time he made a study of the talent within the ranks and the reasons why people rarely tell their employers about their ideas. He found that the reasons fell into 3 possible categories:

(1) They would probably receive very little, if any compensation for their ideas when implemented

(2) The idea could be stolen by another employee

(3) Job security could be at risk through the employee becoming involved in areas outside of their position description

David's book The Thinking Corporation provides a solution to these issues. For more on this see the second of our 2 featured articles: "Identify Your Organizations Ability to Think"

I look forward to your feedback on this.

Best Wishes
Stephen

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Stephen Warrilow
Lynton Glenthorne Ltd
2 Beach Mews
The Beach
Clevedon
Bristol BS21 7QU
UK

+44 1275 349878
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Strategies for Managing Change

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Featured Article

Putting People First

By Neil Farmer

Identify Your Organizations Ability to Think

By David Frood

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# Assessing the case for change

# The single biggest issue re managing change

# 8 key strategies for managing change

# 4 key steps to incremental change

# The 3 Keys to realising the benefits of step change

# Recognising the emotional dimension of leadership

# How to reduce the risk of failure of any major business initiative

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