Category Archives: Change Management

Focusing your Business Transformation through dynamic Strategy Mapping

A Chief Executive said to me recently, “I want two things – a really well defined business strategy with detailed plans of action and my people signed up and fully engaged in its implementation.  I’ve never been satisfied with the … Continue reading

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Eating the elephant – process analysis in organisation change

Guest blogger, David Kemp, recently Vice President-Supply Chain at the Engine Control and Electrical Systems division of Goodrich Corporation, continues his theme on organisational change. When I wrote here in January about how to design a successful organisation, I set … Continue reading

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Michael Simmons takes the lead in Business Transformation

Four Pillars is delighted and proud to announce that Michael Simmons has been appointed Director of Business Transformation and Organisation Development Services from the 1st March, 2013. Michael brings a huge wealth of experience to Four Pillars in successful business … Continue reading

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All Change is Personal: Overcoming the 3 key barriers to success

Whenever I am asked how to manage effective organisational change I always go back to the old adage that ‘’organisational change will only happen when the people in the organisation change’’. Whether you are implementing a new strategy, changing processes, … Continue reading

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Procurement: should you separate operational and strategic buyers?

I was recently involved in an exchange on the subject of a reorganisation of Procurement at a service-industry client.  Being proposed was that the role of the buyer would be split into two: an operational buyer responsible for managing the … Continue reading

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Time for a Change – designing a successful organisation

Four Pillars is happy to welcome new guest blogger, David Kemp, recently Vice President-Supply Chain at the Engine Control and Electrical Systems division of Goodrich Corporation, a former Fortune500 aerospace and defence contractor.  David has always been passionate about organisation … Continue reading

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To change systems, change minds

              I recently picked up and reviewed, for a second time, a survey of companies operating in Western Europe, carried out by Capgemini and the Economist Intelligence Unit. In it, 86 per cent of … Continue reading

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