Big Change: A Route-Map for Corporate Transformation

PaulTaffinderisanAssociatePartneratAndersenConsulting.FormerlyadirectorofCoopers&Lybranduntil1998,hejoinedAndersenConsultingtoconcentrateonhelpingclientswiththeleadershipofcomplexchange.FollowingaMaster'sdegreeandthenPhDinorganizationalpsychology-andwhathedescribesas"amercifullybriefcareerintheminingindustry"-heturnedhisattentiontoorganizationalresearchandconsultancy,becomingpassionatelyinterestedintheshapeofcorporationstocomeandtheimportanceofthesocio-psychologicaldrivingforcesthatunderlietheworldofbusiness.HisfirstbookTheNewLeaderslookedspecificallyattheroleofleadershipandchange,anareainwhichhehasyearsofin-depthexperienceconsultinginternationally.Aprovocativespeakeratinternationalconferences,heisemergingasoneoftheforemostthinkersonthepsychologyoforganizationalchange,tenaciouslychallenginguncriticalmanagementorthodoxy,raisingtheambitionofbusinessleaders,andisnowthewinneroftheprestigiousMCAprize.Youcane-mailPaulTaffinderat:paul.a.taffinder@ac.comTheWileyweb-siteaddressis:www.wiley.co.uk