My work
Putting the I into Change
This workbook will present an overview of Personal Construct Theory, the tools and techniques relevant to helping people navigate their way through personal and organisational change as well as other more general tools and techniques. The aim is to help change agents be more effective and move people in an appropriate and engaging way!
The Time NOW for Change
This booklet shows how we can think about the process of change as a time-line and use elements of the Past, Present and Future to manage the implementation of change on an individual basis. By managing the impact of the Past, and Future and creating a route map of the Present we can help ease people through change.
Beyond Experimentation into Meaning
This is a collection of papers from the 1998 European Personal Construct Association conference in Chester. It is a valuable source of information and though from leading PCP practitioners in counselling and psychotherapy, Occupational, Educational and Sports fields as well as more general PCP subjects from some of the leading European thinkers in the field.
Challenging the Boundaries: PCP Perspectives
This is a collection of papers from the 2000 European Personal Construct Association conference in Malta.It is a comprehensive overview of the wide scope and range of PCT and as with the previous collection contains writing from many leading figures in the field.
Constructivist Coaching
These are some of the tools and techniques I’ve found really useful over the years in my coaching and personal/organisational development practice.
This booklet is a result of both my private practice and some workshops I have delivered for various organisations on coaching and/or change management. As a result, it is more of a practitioner’s handbook rather than a theoretical textbook.
An Outsourced Journey
This longitudinal research projects investigates, from a constructivist perspective, the impact on individuals construct systems (or mental maps) as part of a major outsourcing initiative. The research follows the creation, and first couple of years, of a jointly owned HR dedicated service provision company. This new company was formed by the outsourced HR department of a major manufacturing company being TUPE’d into a venture capital funded start-up company
A two-phase Repertory Grid study investigated employees’ individual perception of the new organisation and their anticipation of the future. Phase 1 occurred within three months of the launch date of the new company and phase 2 one year after the launch. Those areas focused on included, the new organisation, those HR people left in the parent company as well as the self, ideal self and ideal HR.
The results indicated that, whilst individuals had subtly different construct maps, they did share some common constructs and themes. These were around the goals, aims, vision and roles/responsibilities within the new organisation. Another key finding was the importance during the change process of clear, concise and above all regular communication.