With over 20 years change management experience, Natalie prioritises people-focused approaches, safe environments, diverse perspectives, stakeholder management, and team collaboration for successful and sustainable businesses.

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From Budget to Blast-off: A Guide to Successfully Kicking Off Your New Project

Ensuring a project’s success goes beyond just integrating technology — it’s about bringing every stakeholder to the table, from initial planning to completion. Dive into our article to understand the importance of involving both end users and business leaders from the very beginning. By prioritizing inclusive collaboration, you’re not just adopting a solution, but ensuring it resonates with those it affects most. Begin your journey towards truly inclusive project and change management by reading on. Make sure your initiatives start on the right foot!

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Sync Your Strategy: Budgeting for Project and Change Management

Budgeting season is upon us, a pivotal time to re-evaluate our ongoing projects and programmes, as well as to initiate new ones. Determining which projects take priority can significantly influence your focus and resource allocation for the upcoming period.

A critical first step in this journey is aligning your projects with your organisation’s broader strategic objectives. This alignment not only sharpens your focus on value-driven projects but also increases your chances of securing the necessary budget and, ultimately, the project’s success.

From Resistance to Resilience: How Leaders Can Grow a Change-Ready Culture

Change is not just a possibility but an inevitability. As leaders, our actions, both in initiating and managing change, often determine its success or failure. We are either enablers, paving the way for a smooth transition, or blockers, unconsciously hindering the process. Our role in ushering transformative change is critical, and it starts with self-awareness: How do you behave during times of significant change? Are you empowering your team, or are you inadvertently making it harder for them?