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The elephant in the room isn’t Brexit
by Carl Stevenson, Managing Consultant. There may be six months to go before the UK leaves the European Union but the EU worker tap has already begun to run dry. From doctors and nurses to care workers and managers, EU nationals are thinking twice before taking up opportunities in the UK’s independent health sector. Yet […]
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Overcoming resistance to change
In this series, we interview a respected change leader to discuss the successes and hard lessons that made them who they are today. This month, it’s Annette Andresen, a Transformation Leader who has guided global organisations to achieve their vision for change and is one of only 20 accredited Change Masters in the UK. People […]
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Practicus Executive Search Survey Report
By Lawrence Hill. Traditionally, executive search has always been about… well, searching for the right executive. But a recent survey conducted across 16 UK sectors by Practicus revealed that search firms rarely found and presented the person their client needed. In fact, only 27% of respondents agreed that their experience of using executive search firms […]
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How to build a giant-killer
In this series, we interview a respected change leader to discuss the successes and hard lessons that made them who they are today. This month, it’s Paul Johnson, an executive who has a career that spans COO, CIO and Programme Directorship positions in leading strategic transformation initiatives. This includes significant stints at big international retail […]
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Who Should Lead Data Strategy?
by Ben Culora. As boardrooms across the world grapple with shaping a data-driven future for their business, there is real danger in believing the need for change lies outside of the room. Pete Williams, data evangelist and innovator, explores how companies need to adjust their thinking if they want to change their results. There’s a […]
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Lessons from leaders of change: Keith Monk
In this series, we interview a respected change leader to discuss the successes and hard lessons that made them who they are today. This month, it’s Keith Monk, an executive who has made a mark across retail, regulated, engineering, manufacturing and financial sectors – driving culture change and technology transformations to advance business growth. Keith […]
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Outpatients Improvement
As pressure on Outpatients performance increases, we speak to Steve Gasking, an interim transformation director with more than a decade’s experience in acute environments. With a CV eleven pages long, it’s fair to say that Steve’s work improving and transforming hospital care is extensive. But there’s one solution to the challenges in Outpatients that’s been […]
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Driving Forward Data Science in Insurance
It’s interesting the ideas that come up in conversation when you are networking with people who share your interests. Take the example of two Scottish clergymen in the 1740s who met at a debating club in their local pub. They quickly discovered a shared interest in mathematics and a keen desire to improve the lot […]
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Higher Education: Delivering Effective Change
Idris Kamara interviews Aya Ferguson about effective ways to improve the success of Higher Education change initiatives. It’s no secret that there is a bit of a Copernican revolution taking place within Higher Education. We’ve all been busy re-drawing our maps of the world to place the student firmly at the centre of the new […]
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Why interim management is much less costly than you think
by Natalie Allen. As someone who places senior interim executives into companies, I often find that many still have a mythological fear about choosing interims for their big change programmes. It is partly a concern about using an outsider on a temporary basis, i.e. are they invested in my organisation, do they care if we succeed […]
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