“While the Sum of Change is a minefield of potential issues and problems for management; It is also the source of significant opportunities to cut costs, save time, improve quality, reduce organization vs. project conflict and enhance reputations. Here's why...” TLIR Group Thought Leadership Extract
A Selection of Client Testimonials and Tutorial Keynotes...
"Those who can seamlessly bridge opposing viewpoints, achieve consensus and be a successful catalyst, mentor and driving force for the common good of both project(s) and the organization are very, very rare. John is one such individual”
Holger Kluge, President, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
“I was surprised and pleased at just how quickly TLIR was able to isolate key structural and operational issues across my business and recommend corrective measures.” ADM, PMD-MCYS/MCSS, OPS
"At any moment in time, every organization will be in the throes of change to a greater or lesser degree. Projects; tens, hundreds perhaps more vie for resources, time and attention; concurrently striving to address defensive, offensive, expansion, contraction and improvement pressures...
Understanding the potential for problems when multiple projects are underway across your organization and how to proactively deal with them starts with gaining an appreciation of what is now, what was then, what will be and what is happening in between...!"
Theme Extract – The Sum of Change
ECMLG WinchesterUK // ICKCCM, Prato, Italy // ISSSP New OrleansUSA John Bolden, TLIR Group
“How TLIR quickly surveys the corporate transformation landscape, foresees where bumps and potholes lie ahead and recommends measures to prevent these turning into mountains and/or chasms is remarkable. TLIR's reputation for moving fast, running lean and delivering extreme value is well earned.”
“Every day, I live through the very issues that John speaks to and deals with, as do readers of Ziff Davis Publications (CIO, Darwin, Baseline).John shines a light on important elements of business improvement that no business leader can afford to ignore.”
Mike Vizard, Senior Vice President & Editorial Director, Enterprise Group – Ziff Davis Media
Bringing TLIR in for a couple of days each month during a $425 million project proved to be a wise move on my part. John helped me to keep the project on track, head off extremely serious issues that could have cost millions to fix and acted as a confidential sounding board whenever I was in two minds about what to do.”
Lorraine Smith-Latrice, EVP & CIO, TSB (UK)
“I sat at the back of the room, listening and watching as John explained his findings about what is typically overlooked, ignored or taken for granted whenever change is on the agenda.
The looks on the faces of my people, coupled with their furious note taking told me all I needed to know.”
“I want to take this opportunity to commend John on the creativity, innovation and thoroughly professional work habits of the team. The work was exceptional and the deliverables comprehensive. Given that the assessment spanned five major government ministries and many external agencies, the fact that the project was on time and within budget is a further attestation of John’s abilities.”
“One Deputy Minister’s observation says it all… “Now, this is how a project should be run!”
Rick Firth BSS, LRC, OPS
I attended a multi-stream management conference where most subjects and topics were repetitive and boring. Then I listened to “Who Hired Pandora? My first action back at the office was to book John to present the same material to my management team.”
Dietrich Wolder, EVP, HSC
“I knew there was a brand new and very significant market opportunity out there but I could only exploit it if a leading edge, nationwide business environment was created in record time.
John and his team helped me to assess what could be done, how it should be handled and what to watch for along the road.
In short order; my objectives were realized, with minimal risk and significant return on investment.” Wilf Liebert, Chairman & CEO, Purolator Corp
Few can articulate the wide ranging implications and impact of overlooking, ignoring or taking for granted the differences between running the business and improving the business.
Very few are able to effectively mitigate the issues and exploit the opportunities inherent in these differences.
TLIR does it every day and does it extremely well.
Mike McCloskey, EVP, FI Corp
"One trusts that someone, somewhere, has full and complete visibility of everything that is being considered, being planned and being undertaken to improve the business, across the entire business... Let me ask YOU! Who would that be…?”
Presentation Introduction – The Case for the Chief Change Officer John Bolden, EIPM, Winchester, UK
“Listening to John draw parallels between Oracle’s pursuit and conquest of PeopleSoft to Caesar’s triumph over Vercingetorix was fascinating, made all the more entertaining when John recounted his military service in West Berlin during the latter stages of the Cold War, guarding Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison!”
Kevin Turner, EVP, BT Holdings
“As John explained his views about why conflicts arise whenever change is on the agenda, I realized why so many of our global projects run into problems. “Quislings Multiply Like Lemmings’ is one of the most thought provoking seminars I have ever attended.”
Terry Mathews SBU, GE
"Who Hired Pandora?"...(more
“Today, most business improvement projects are managed according to yesterday’s thinking.
Linear - Singular - Insular Mindsets all but guarantee business improvement projects will fail to meet expectations.
Let me explain…” Presentation Extract: Archaic, Linear Envisioning, Planning & Execution J. Bolden. EMTC, Rome Italy
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