Adversarial teams join forces for a successful $150M project

Adversarial teams join forces for a successful $150M project

“What we really need is a mediator.”

“There’s a long, gory history of baggage between these teams.”

They said it jokingly, but were dead serious. I was sitting at a round, polished walnut table with six executives at a major entertainment studio. They needed someone to help them “bring home” a $150M system for groups with competing interests…

A Fortune 500 tech company shifts to an open office workspace.

A Fortune 500 tech company shifts to an open office workspace.

Open offices are all the rage now (literally and figuratively). I designed and directed the change management program for this company’s flagship implementation of their global Workplace strategy.  Employees were anxious about the idea of an open office, and they were dealing with new leadership and a business divestiture that would split the company. So how’d it go…?

An animal health company builds global processes for rapid growth.

An animal health company builds global processes for rapid growth.

This company developed a blockbuster product, acquired another company, doubled in size, and tripled in revenue in less than two year’s time. They were still running their business on MAPICS, so new global processes and an ERP system were essential to continue the growth trajectory. But this was much more than implementing new processes and systems. It was an identity crisis. It would require mindset and behavior change. Here’s how I helped…

A Fortune 200 entertainment company centralizes finance.

A Fortune 200 entertainment company centralizes finance.

There's no need to describe the deluge of emotions that go along with job change, job loss, and outsourcing. For this Fortune 200 entertainment company, I led the change management program for a global finance restructuring that centralized and outsourced corporate accounting services in more than 14 international territories. Here’s how I helped employees and leaders through the change curve…