Leaders need to do to facilitate successful and sustainable change initiatives to support the implementation of the organisation’s overall strategy. Typically change in organisations can be strategic (e.g. new visions, new strategy and goals, new leaders or owners) or operational (e.g. new organisation structure, methods, tools, new products or services).

As part of the strategy implementation, key initiatives and projects are identified to support the achievement of the desired outcomes. Lack of project management skills has been identified as one of the top three key reasons why strategies are not well implemented.

This article was first published in Print Singapore Issue #001/2016, a bi-monthly publication of the Print & Media Association.

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Author: Jacqueline Gwee, Director, aAdvantage Consulting

Jacqueline has had over 25 years of broad-based human resource, change management and business excellence consulting experience in both the public and private sectors. She leads the Research & Insights, Business Excellence & Human Resources solution areas within aAdvantage Consulting.​ She has worked with clients from a range of industries including property, banking & finance, software development, electronic manufacturing, trading, chemicals, government services, healthcare and construction & engineering.​​

Her areas of consulting experience include organisational reviews, design and conduct of organisational and public perception surveys, compensation and benefits advice, job evaluation and performance management systems, executive search & selection, organisational development, corporate restructuring, change management and career & outplacement counselling. ​