Organisational change

Nurture a change management movement – From “Let it go” to “Let it grow”

Senior law and accountancy leaders attended a masterclass workshop in London last week. The session looked at how to ease personal transitions (individual change) whilst driving organisational change (primarily through cultural transformation). As well as rational approaches (we considered several change management methodologies including Kotter’s), both elements involve engaging emotions Read More

2023-09-26T15:44:22+01:00September 26, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills|

Change Management – Heads, Hearts and Hands

At this week’s change management for professional practices workshop, I welcomed delegates from legal, accountancy and property firms. Their roles included managing partner, head of HR, operations manager, lawyer and property management team leader. Their change challenges included new technology adoption, shifting from dedicated to centralised services, succession, team performance Read More

2023-07-07T09:34:28+01:00July 7, 2023|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Strategy|

Valuable resource on change management – The Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Standard for Change Management

I have reviewed several books on change management (see the list below) to support those attending training workshops on change management. This free online resource of 70 pages should be added as a valuable resource on change management – The Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Standard for Change Management Read More

2022-08-11T16:58:43+01:00August 11, 2022|Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Strategy|

Reviewing books by legal and accounting clients – “Covid-19, residential property, equity release and enfranchisement” by Paul Sams and Louise Uphill and “Agile in Business – A guide for Company Leadership” by Robert Morley

I review a lot of books by people I don’t know. So it’s gratifying to read books by people I do know – and who also happen to be clients. Paul Sams and Louise Uphill at Dutton Gregory solicitors  on the impact of Covid-19 on residential property, equity release and Read More

2021-05-10T09:37:42+01:00May 10, 2021|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Property|

Leadership: Dealing with resistance to change

This article summarises the key points from a recent presentation I prepared on Leadership: Dealing with resistance to change. Everyone made enormous changes during the Covid19 crisis – seemingly with little resistance. But as we emerge from the crisis and professional service firms attempt to maintain the fast pace of Read More

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