Build, Excite, Equip; Easy Change Management For Your Projects
How are your project uptakes going? Do you find it challenging to engage the business people to your projects? Change Management can seem complex, but its easier once you know how. Join Nicola as she guides you through experiences of her own, as a business change management expert, with top tricks and tips on how you can truly embrace the change leadership activities within your project team, for faster results and improved uptake. Using her Build, Excite, Equip change model, developed by change managers for project managers, follow the easy 3 step process to truly engage and onboard business colleagues to support your projects today. Whilst we’re here, Nic is an amazon best selling author and an female entrepreneur, eager to share experiences of her own journey along the way. If you would like to find out more about training courses, or purchase my book: www.beechange.co.uk Meanwhile ... Happy Listening, and don’t forget to download, like and share with friends :-)
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Cathy is an expert in intercultural communication and helps people to get better outcomes from their international relationships and to develop a skillset to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds She helps people to adapt their skills and style to enable them to take advantage of the opportunities of working internationally.
Nicola and Cathy discuss different cultures and different approaches professionals can take in working with people from other cultures. They discuss stereotypes, ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ countries and the challenges people experience moving between countries. For example, one of the most challenging move is from the USA to the UK perhaps because the assumption is that the two cultures are similar and so people aren’t prepared for the differences.
Nicola and Cathy also discuss the new world, and how that has had an impact on intercultural training. When training is online, how can you build community, create rapport over a webinar with someone, interpret body language and ensure that learning takes place. Naturally, the impact of Covid-19 comes up: how different countries are impacted and how to deal with these differences during online meetings.
If you’re interested in more insights from Cathy, please follow her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-wellings/ or read her blog on her website at https://www.cathywellings.co.uk/
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Andrew Buxton is the founder of PDCS the Project Delivery Optimisation Specialist who unpicks the complexity of right-sourcing resources for Project Delivery through their innovative Resource Optimisation Model. Their speciality is designing the right model, appointing or transferring the resources and provide an ongoing service to optimise delivery.
Andrew and Nicola briefly touch on cycling (of course) give an overview into the P3M3 model (For those who don’t know P3M3 stands for Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model) for delivering portfolio, programmer or project management and how to apply it before diving into the impact of Covid-19 and how the programme delivery world has changed since lockdown.
Andrew has decades of experience on the supplier side helping deliver programmes and projects, and 12 years ago moved to the client side delivering change portfolio and programme level.
This has given him insights and experiences on both sides of the fence, so his views on P3M3, Cost management/cost savings, and implementing projects consistently, predictably on budget is very relevant in today’s world.
To learn more about what he's talking about, follow him on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-buxton-ba23497/.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
People allow an organisation to be successful. How do you foster that?
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
In this episode Nicola from Simplify Change is joined by Angela Schafer in Ottawa Ontario, a change leader and consultant, who focuses on building performance and who is passionate about employee experience in all its shapes and forms. She has extensive qualifications in all facets of projects from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through implementation, training, and enhancement. She is an articulate visionary who easily gains the consensus of senior leadership and key decision-makers who present with a range of diverse agendas.
Nicola and Angela discuss organisational changes and difficulties they may face as they implement change programs in their organisations along with running, golf, remote working and Angela’s experience with dealing with corporations with different cultures and how to craft the culture an organisation needs to deliver a particular strategy.
To learn more about what she's thinking about, follow her on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-d-schafer/.
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
In this episode Nicola from Simplify Change is joined by Trevor Hunt from Behind Every Cloud who is responsible for CTO advisory. Behind Every Cloud provide analysis & introductions to best in breed IT partners and service providers. Increasingly today, these services are required by companies especially those undergoing digital transformation and additionally support in influencing and convincing stakeholders in their decision making and ensuring solutions are good and proper. Trevor has filled a number of different roles over the last 3 decades in financial services as a CIO, CTO, COO and Change leader. He shares some of his expertise as a senior technology leader to discuss buzz words, Strava and networking, upskilling in this new world and selecting the right partners to support you in your journey.
To learn more about what he's thinking about, follow him on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-hunt-a50390/ or get in touch at Behind Every Cloud here https://behindeverycloud.co.uk/
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
In this episode Nicola from Simplify Change is joined by Amy Haworth who is the Chief of Staff for Human Resources at Citrix, a technology company focused on creating digital solutions to help companies deliver a great employee experience. In a world where talent has become a company’s most critical asset and the investment to attract, retain and engage employees delivers an ROI of innovation, productivity and growth, Amy brings a perspective rooted in business and enhanced by a deep passion for understanding the intricacies of human behavior.
Her experience encompasses roles in transformation, management, user experience and counseling psychology, across fields like consulting (Accenture), creative (Agency.com), manufacturing (Coors Brewing Company and MillerCoors) and technology (Citrix). Amy holds an M.B.A. and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Denver.
To learn more about what she’s thinking about, follow her on LinkedIn, Twitter @chng4good, or her blog NobodyMakesItAlone.com.