As A Leader Are You Authentic Or Are You An Impersonation Of Yourself? 
Speaking about her encounters with the inhabitants of C-Suites in corporate US, executive coach Jayne Warrilow (no relation) says:

"The way ...

Aligning Organisational Change With The Personal Transitions  "What I am currently struggling with is transition management within change management .

Change management touches aspect internally and externally....

Sector Specific Questions vs Situation Specific Questions  "Would it be ok if I sent you a few questions that I can use in my research...?

Thanks Stephen, here are the questions:

1. What are some of the ...

Case Studies  "I was just emailing you on the off chance that you might be able to point me in the right direction, I have just started a post grad course on "strategic ...

People and Culture are Common Points of Change Management Failure  "People and culture are most often the points of failure for any IT implementation. Involving stakeholders in every step of the process is the key to any ...

Change Management: The CIO's Roadmap  "The success of any new implementation relies upon the right balance of business and technology.

Effective change management is one of the critical ...

What Are My Top 3 Priorities in Planning A Change?  " Hi I am trying to design a program for a HR Project and wanted to know (a) what would be my top three priorites, and (b) the risks that I should be concerned ...

The new CIO: Becoming the catalysts for business change  Once the new CIO has assessed the challenges of the business environment, the strengths and weaknesses of the IT function and which colleagues to trust,...

The new CIO - Who do I trust?  During their first few weeks, a newly appointed CIO will have lots of advice from subordinates keen to make their views heard. Some of these aim only ...

IT Capability Reviews - diving below the surface  So far this year, thirteen new CIOs have been appointed in FTSE 100 companies. By the time you read this, the number will probably be higher.

Those ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same   In a recent article in the Bangkok Post Dr Detlef Reis asks is it really true that "The only constant in the world is change." ?

Dr D (as he likes ...

All Together Now - As The Blood Dimmed Tide Is Loosed  Many years ago when I was at school, and studying for my literature exams, I was mesmerised by the power and the sense of impending doom and darkness in ...

Change management in churches  "I am the pastor of a Pentecostal Christian Universal Church with several hundred members. We are based in Kenya.

I feel you are the right person to ...

The blindness of senior management  "In my view, it's all about engaging the right people in the change strategy.

I have bumbled along with change strategies for a while now and truly ...

How to expose senior management to the consequences of their change decisions?  I recently received this message:

"One thing that could help in succeeding in leading, managing, and surviving change would be an approach to get the ...

Paving the cowpaths - secret to change management success  Jonathan Byrnes is a Senior Lecturer at MIT. In a recent blog post he talks about the key to success in change management as crafting a change programme ...

African NGOs experiencing issues to with drying up of donor funds   I am not going to include quotes here as each question and response given was situation specific.

However it is quite clear that there are many African ...

Issues to do with culture and how to deal with "being stuck" and "laggards"  "How do you get the laggards to embrace the change (in a voluntary organisation)"

"I'm looking for are the breakthrough points where I might most productively ...

Issues with senior management not understanding/accepting the need for Change Management   "How to obtain stakeholder engagement when they 'just don't get it'?"

My suggestions are:

(1) To focus their minds on failure - the high likelihood ...

Issues with sustaining the change   "One thing that I am continually up against is keeping the momentum and motivation up through the change?"

The level of sustained energy and support ...

This is what you told me  Recently I asked everyone on my lists this question:

"What is the ONE thing, or the ONE area I can help you with most... right NOW, to ensure you ...