Leadership Series: People-Centric Organisational Change with Julie Hodges

Too often, the people dimension of a transformation is considered only once the work has started, and in many cases not until the end. By then it is often too little, too late. The result can be a failure to create the changes in working practices, skills, knowledge and behaviour needed to deliver the business benefits.

Professor Julie Hodges will make the case for a people-centred approach to business transformation, rather than a purely process-led one. The session will look at how change can be delivered with the people involved, rather than to them.

This session will help you to: -Understand the importance of the people dynamics of change -Engage others in change more effectively -Sustain change with key stakeholders and realise the benefits it brings -Apply practical skills so that you and others play a proactive part in business transformation 

Professor Julie Hodges is a leading expert on change in organizations, particularly the role and impact of people during transformations. Before entering the academic world Julie worked as a business consultant for over 20 years in several profit and non-profit organizations, including PwC, Vertex, and the British Council. Julie has published in a number of international journals on change in organisations. She is the author of several books including ‘Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change’, ‘Managing and Leading People through Change’ (Kogan Page); Sustaining Change in Organizations (Sage), ‘Employee Engagement for Organizational Change’ (Routledge), ‘Organization Development: how organizations change and develop effectively’ (Palgrave McMillan), ‘Reshaping the HR: the role of HR in organizational change’ (Routledge) and ‘People-Centric Change’ (Kogan Page). Julie is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Academic Fellow of the ICMCI (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes) and a Senior Fellow of the Foundation for Management Education (FME). She is also a member of the editorial board of the ‘Management Consulting’ journal.