Nicola Busby
Nicola Busby is an experienced business change professional who is passionate about the benefits that business change management can bring to organisations and staff going through change. Nicola has supported many individuals and organisations in the private, public and non-profit sectors as they have undertaken organisational change. She trains and mentors leaders, managers, business change professionals and staff going through change. She blogs at Business Change Enthusiasts.
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting
Biography
Nicola is passionate about business change management and the difference it can make to individuals and organisations going through change. She has supported many organisations going through different types of changes, including The Houses of Parliament, The National Childbirth Trust, Penguin Random House and The Financial Ombudsman Service.Nicola loves to train and mentor business change managers and others working in change. She is the lead change management trainer for SPOCE and trains the APMG Change Management Foundation and Practitioner Qualification. She also wrote one of the chapters of the set text for the qualification: The Essential Change Manager's Handbook.
Nicola regularly gives presentations, workshops, talks and webinars on the power of business change management. She blogs at Business Change Enthusiasts.
Education
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MBA, University of Westminster, London, 2006
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Many aspects of business change management, including:
the affects of cultural and behavioural change
how business change fits with project management
how business change fits with organisational development and L&D
the cultural change needed to move to an agile organisation and DevOps
skills and attributes of successful business change managers
Personal Interests
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Away from business change, Nicola lives in North London with her partner, Derek, and three rapidly growing (and permanently hungry!) stepsons. She spends lots of time with her extended family, including her four nieces and nephews. She is a very fair-weather sailor and keen amateur musician, playing the viola and currently attempting to learn the guitar.
Websites
Books
News
The challenge of future-proofing your organisation?
By: Nicola Busby
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting
How do you get traction for a change initiative without a
'burning platform'?
Why is implementing changes designed to future-proof your
organisation so hard?
Read my latest blog post to find out more:
Ineptitude - the reason most business changes fail
By: Nicola Busby
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting
Do the majority of organisational changes fail due to the reluctance of organisations to utilise existing research and best practice?
Read my latest blog post to find out more:
Behavioural aspects of digital transformations
By: Nicola Busby
Subjects: Psychology, Work & Organizational Psychology
Driverless cars are in the news again today, highlighting how important human behaviour is to the success of digital transformations. Read more on my blog
Behavioural economics and business change
By: Nicola Busby
Great news that Richard Thaler has won a Nobel Prize this year for his work on Behavioural Economics. Read how BE can contribute to successful organisational change by clicking on the link below
Increase your project success with effective business change management
By: Nicola Busby
Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting
Join my webinar to find out how business change management can increase the chances of your organisational change project being a success.
Date: Thursday 14 September
Time: 13:00-14:00 (BST)
Register here: https://apmg-international.com/events
Expert Insights interview
By: Nicola Busby
Read my recent interview for Activia Training's Expert Insights on The Shape of Change.
Find out why the book is unique amongst the literature about organisational change, how culture influences change initiatives and why responsibility for resistance lies with those planning and leading change.