Catherine Smithson

Catherine Smithson is a leading facilitator, educator and consultant in change and leadership. She has 20 years’ experience as a senior manager and a consultant and has an in-depth understanding of best practices worldwide. She is the managing director of Being Human.

Tailor-made change management

Incorporating change management processes into your organisation is not the be all and end all of change strategy, writes Catherine Smithson, you need to target and tailor the strategy for each context.

March 15, 2013

Change

A strategy for change management

Incorporating change management processes into your organisation is not the be all and end all of change strategy, writes change expert Catherine Smithson, you need to target and tailor the strategy for each context.

September 12, 2011

The people challenge in mega projects

Mega projects present major people challenges, which can jeopardise a project’s success. Here’s an outline of the hurdles often faced and some recommendations to conquer them.

August 16, 2011

Change

The changing face of portfolio management

Change is here to stay. Not so long ago, the accepted wisdom was that organisations would introduce change, stop and consolidate, then gear up to change again. Change was a disruption to normal. Today, organisations are in a state of constant change or “permanent whitewater” as leadership development expert Peter Vaille termed it. Today, ‘normal’ […]

March 24, 2011