The Diamond Way – an antidote to failed change programmes
“Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.” Source: […]
Future proofing your business with Lamberhurst 4Sight
“If you don’t change the direction in which you are going, you might end up where you are headed” Chinese proverb I’ve done a lot of work recently using the Lamberhurst 4Sight process. This is a unique tool, developed by The Lamberhurst Corporation, to systematically evaluate the key aspects of your business and provide you with a […]
Achieving Organisational Alignment (Pulling in the Same Direction)
In a recent post I explored the disconnect between strategy and action, that is evident in many of the companies we work with. What I’d like to do today is propose a simple model for achieving organisational alignment – or as I put it in the title – ensuring everyone is pulling in the same direction. […]
Capturing and Creating Value
This is a summary of a short presentation that I delivered today at the 7.45 Breakfast Club in Jersey. Any business needs to provide some sort of value to the clients its serves – if it doesn’t it won’t last very long. This value could be a product that its customers desire or a service. […]
Welcome to our new website
After over 7 years in business, I have finally decided it was time to invest in a professional website. My previous efforts at DIY websites achieved the job of providing an on-line presence for Solitaire Consulting, but didn’t project the professional, high quality impression that I aim for. I hope you agree that this is […]
Season’s Greetings from Solitaire Consulting
Here we are nearly at the end of another year, when a lot of us take time to reflect on the previous 12 months and look ahead to the future. Here at Solitaire Consulting it has been a good year; we have built on foundations laid in previous years and worked on a number of […]
How Well Aligned are Your Actions to Your Strategy?
I have worked with two organisations in the last couple of months that both exhibited the same general problem that I believe many business suffer from, particularly those with different business units working semi-autonomously. In one of the businesses I was reviewing, everyone was working hard and appeared to be very busy in their own Departments achieving […]
Playing Small Does not Serve the World
Twice in the past week, I have been reminded of a poem that first appeared in A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson. It has often been attributed to the late Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech as president of the Republic of South Africa. Although this was just another internet myth, many agree that these words […]
Computers for Romania
With Christmas getting close I am sure many of you are intending to take advantage of the good deals available on PCs, laptops and tablets. This may mean that the dusty old desktop PC that is taking up space in the spare room needs to go. If it is still in working order, please do […]
Collaborative Working to Guarantee a Successful Systems Implementation
In this final article in my series on Change Management I will discuss how you can best work with your technology provider to guarantee a successful systems implementation. For the purposes of this blog, I will use the offshore trust administration industry as an example, but the principles will apply to other industries as well. […]
