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The Future of Local Government Change [RECORDING]
Are you ready to lead your organisation into COVID recovery and learn from change during lockdown? Local government organisations across the country are looking strategically at the future recovery of their communities, services and organisations. We’ve [...]
Response to Recovery: the Future of Local Government
Are you ready to lead your organisation into COVID recovery and learn from change during lockdown? Local government organisations across the country are looking strategically at the future recovery of their communities, services and organisations. We’ve [...]
Charlotte Whittle Joins The Team
We are delighted to announce that Charlotte Whittle has joined the Trueman Change team! Charlotte joined us in 2021 as our Business Development Trainee after graduating from University with a 1st Class Honours degree in Economics. [...]
Trueman Change Joins National Framework
We are delighted to announce that we have secured accreditation on another national procurement framework! Public Sector clients can now commission us directly through the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 12 Framework. Our [...]
The Change Curve and the Mistakes Managers Make When Using it
The change curve is a commonly used tool in change management and is often misunderstood or overused. In this blog we explore the curve in more detail, it’s strengths and limitations , and how you can [...]
Three Steps to Building a Successful Change Delivery Team
It’s true that it’s crucially important to plan, develop a vision and create strategies for change. We find that people don't necessarily need a great deal of help imagining the future and figuring out roughly how [...]
Delivering Change Successfully
Delivering Change Successfully - Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them You put the effort into the planning, creating a vision and devising a strategy, but the change you’re aiming for just isn’t happening. Sound familiar? [...]
Getting the Best out of Your Team
How do you get the best out of your team during turbulent times? How can understanding Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs help? Our Managing Director, Lucy Trueman, reflects on how people can only learn, grow and fulfill [...]
Three Crucial Phases of Change
This blog from our Managing Director, Lucy, is about the psychological journey people go on during change and why, as managers and leaders, we need to be aware of and respectful of this journey. We’re sharing [...]
Managing Projects in Times of Crisis
How do you successfully manage projects during a global crisis? Here, our Senior Project Manager, Helena, gives her view. Most experienced project managers will have had to handle a crisis happening on their projects. If [...]
How to keep in touch with your customers
The importance of communication with your customers In times of uncertainty, many of our normal structures and ways of working change beyond recognition as we adapt to new circumstances. In recent weeks we have seen [...]
What makes a good project plan?
What are Project Plans important? Anyone who has ever been involved in a project will understand the importance of project plans. They’re a project manager’s bible and an important tool for people involved in project [...]
How to use a Kanban board
Have you ever used a Kanban board? Our Senior Project Manager Ellie explains about this simple project management tool and how to use a Kanban Board. What is Kanban? For [...]
Ten Tips for Wellbeing When Working from Home
Our project officer Lizzi went into self-isolation with her family on the 12th March. Here she gives her top 10 tips for looking after your wellbeing when working from home. As I write this, I’m [...]
COVID-19: Our Response
Our Managing Director discusses the impact of COVID-19 on our business These are difficult times, and most, if not all organisations will currently be significantly changing in the way they work at a rapid pace. [...]
Celebrating World Book Day
The Trueman Change team took World Book Day off last week to read a book each to enhance our personal and professional development. We read about empowering staff, running effective meetings, thinking outside [...]
Lizzi Collinge joins the Team
We are delighted to announce that Lizzi Collinge has joined the Trueman Change team! Lizzi has extensive experience working as an officer and elected member in the public sector. She has worked in the NHS, Local [...]
People Power: Skills for the Future
Our Senior Project Manager, Paul, offers his advice for creating a forward-thinking development culture. He discusses the importance of skills development and the value that should be put on those in your organisation. [...]
The Challenges of Leading Change
Last week we held our third free learning event on the challenges of leading change. This time we also had two guest speakers, our Associates Phil Badley from DiamondNine and Stan Johnson from Athena [...]
A new year for Project Managers
At New Year our Managing Director reflects on what could be New Year’s Resolutions for the Project Management Industry and those working within it. [...]
What is Co-design?
Our Managing Director, Lucy Trueman, reflects on our latest bitesize learning session, sharing tools and techniques around co-design. Earlier this month we held our latest free learning event on change and project management at our office [...]
Project Management Day: Helena’s Reflections
It's Project Management Day today, so we're reflecting as a team on what project management means to us. Helena reflects on project management in her life and career below. Name: [...]
Project Management Day with Paul
It's Project Management Day today, so we're reflecting as a team on what project management means to us. Below we catch up with Paul on what project management means to him. [...]
Project Management Day: Benjamin’s view
It's Project Management Day today, so we're reflecting as a team on what project management means to us. Below we catch up with Benjamin on what project management means to him. [...]
Why is change scary?
This year for Halloween we have some tips for when things get a little strange! Are your teams and colleagues acting odd? Is it because of the spooky season or do you find [...]
Our current reading list: Pirates, lies and pigs
Our Managing Director, Lucy, has looked over her reading list. What were her top three recently read books about? Leadership, change, culture and wrestling pigs! Since Amazon allowed [...]
Trueman Change join another National Framework!
We are delighted to announce that we have secured accreditation on a further national framework! Public Sector clients can now commission us directly through the Crown Commercial Services Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework. [...]
Change Challenges in Local Government
Last week, we ran a bite-size learning event on change management in local government for local councils. It was a great opportunity to meet and chat with people in the sector and reflect [...]
Public Sector Change: Three skills you need
Driving public sector change? What are the top three skills needed? Our Managing Director Lucy Trueman reflects. Change in the public sector Over the last 15 years [...]
Engaging for Success
At Trueman Change, staff engagement is vital when it comes to driving change. Our Senior Project Manager Paul Norris reflects on its importance and how to get it right. [...]
From Public Sector Employee to Consultant
At Trueman Change we are passionate about the public sector, and we love to recruit great people with a public sector background. Here our Senior Project Manager, Ellie, reflects on how she’s made [...]
Cats, Cheese and Change
How does change affect people’s behaviours? Our Managing Director Lucy Trueman reflects on the use of profiling and mapping tools during change journeys. As change professionals many of [...]
Trueman Change Expands
We are delighted to announce that following a recent recruitment drive we welcome Paul Norris to the Trueman Change team! Paul has extensive experience working in the public sector, including Local Authorities across the country and [...]
Starting a new Change Project
A core part of our work is starting new change projects with our clients. Our apprentice, Benjamin Barnes, has had a range of ‘new starts’ in the last few months. Here he reflects [...]
Your council in 2019
Our Managing Director, Lucy Trueman, reflects on the last 12 months, and what the key challenges for local government might be in 2019. Although it seems that New Year’s Resolutions are falling [...]
8 Tips for passing the CV Test
Helena has reflected on her past experiences of recruitment, offering her advice for the perfect CV for your job application. We've seen hundreds of CVs ranging from trainee to [...]
Driving Change as an Outsider
Our Managing Director, Lucy Trueman, reflects on her experiences of driving change in organisations as an interim manager and consultant. In this article, Lucy suggests her top five tips for Interim Managers and [...]
Trueman Change Appoints its First Trainee
Trueman Change is delighted to have recruited its first ever Trainee and newest member of the team. We wish Benjamin Barnes a very warm welcome! Benjamin has experience supporting a project in the Higher Education sector [...]
How do you develop skills around change and transformation?
Traditional management appraisal frameworks often focus on the skills and behaviours required to be an effective business as usual manager, but often only touch on the specialist skills needed to lead and deliver change. At [...]
Helena Burrows joins Trueman Change
We are delighted to welcome Helena Burrows (Ellie) to Trueman Change. Ellie has extensive experience working with the public sector, including Local Authorities, NHS, the Court Service and working in public/private partnerships. Her previous projects [...]