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How good is your Project Sponsor?

A ‘Chocolate Chisel’ or ‘the Rock at the heart of your success’? Have you ever been involved in a project where the project sponsor was disengaged, unrealistic or overly demanding? Have you experienced a sponsor who limits their involvement to managing upwards with little or no facts, hindering project delivery or causing it to fail altogether? […]

Delivering Successful Transformation

McKinsey recently reported that less than 30% of transformation programmes succeed, with employee resistance (39%) and management behaviour (33%) highlighted as the main root causes. To reinforce this, a recent study by SchellingPoint of over 450 projects globally, highlighted that just 8% of projects delivered to time, cost and quality. The direct and indirect impact on customers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders is inordinate! […]

The challenges faced on the journey of transformation

“Increasingly now, we recognise that change is a constant, the world we’re operating in, the world we’re living in, change is everywhere and as leaders, we need to grasp that”. In this exclusive preview video, ahead of the Business Transformation Network’s ‘Excellence in Leadership 2019’ conference, our MD – Ian Jones – provides his perspective […]