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Turbulent Times - Imperative to Change and Innovate
No organisation needs to be told that change is critical to survival. This maxim holds true for public and private alike. Today, if a company wants to thrive, it must constantly change and innovate.
The capacity of any organisation to absorb change however is often limited. Change fatigue sets in and initiatives fail. Managers who are already stretched in running the existing business find it difficult to manage major change at the same time. And in a climate such as the current one, they can also be burdened with constant fire fighting or even frozen with uncertainty or fear.
In these circumstances, the critical need to innovate and build long-term customer relations may well be sacrificed for ever-more pressing short term needs. Even if strategy and innovation are focused upon, execution often falls short, and hoped for results do not materialise.
No matter how difficult, continuous change and innovation remain absolute imperative requirements in today’s world. In the global market-place the continuous cycle of learning, developing insights, selecting ideas and developing concepts must happen quickly or the moment is lost.
With our expertise, we can help you define your own change and innovation strategies and more importantly, ensure you get payback.
Our Purpose and Approach
Our purpose is simple:
"To help develop your organisation to get better results.”
Working closely with our clients we achieve this by:
- Bringing courage and candour to conversations to reveal the true nature of the challenge.
- Using proven tools in the hands of experts to crystallise real insights.
- Articulate the tangible results required together.
- Designing customised solutions focused on the required results while also taking into account the implementation challenges.
- Reframing your situation so that tremendous energy, confidence and the ability to succeed are released.
- Explicitly maximising the use of your own people, to transfer learning and to reduce consulting costs.
Who We Are
We are a team of highly qualified, seasoned, up-to-date consultants and management development specialists who:
- Have a long track record of helping Irish and International organisations successfully manage change and lead in their fields.
- Will stretch your thinking and understanding of the opportunities facing your business
- Will open up the minds of your people and bring to bear a multi disciplinary approach, ie traditional and life sciences, business, engineering, psychology and philosophy.
- Do the ‘hard yards’ with you to get to the nub of the challenge or opportunity.
Directors
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Eddie
Molloy, Ph.D.
Over the last thirty years, Eddie has gained an unrivalled reputation for helping both indigenous and multi-national companies develop and execute their change and growth strategies. His is widely recognised as a thought leader with a record of success in the areas of strategy, structure, change and innovation. |
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Ian Kierans, M.B.A., M.A. (Psych.)
Ian has 14 years experience consulting to both Irish businesses and Global Fortune 500 companies. He has led teams that implemented significant change programmes for Goldman Sachs, United Health Group, BellSouth and Accenture. In Ireland, for the past 7 years, Ian has been involved in several strategic change programmes. Clients in this area include Diageo, Pfizer, SISK, the IDA, Coillte and An Post. Ian’s expertise is in innovation, change management, culture change and communications.
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Karen Brosnan, MBA, MA
Karen brings people and organisations through change both quickly and in a way that is sustainable. She specialises in management and leadership development, performance management, coaching, individual and organisational change, and has worked in both the public and private sectors. Several of Karen’s projects focus on developing a high performance culture. She has recently completed a study of successful Irish leaders which reveals the challenges and future directions of leadership in Ireland.
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Ed Delany, DBA
Ed specialises in facilitating senior leadership teams in the areas of strategy development, business model innovation, strategy implementation and governance processes. His combination of strong process skills and challenging style ensures that senior managers develop insight and robust strategies. His work with Eddie Molloy has included high profile assignments with the IDA in the area of strategy in multinational subsidiaries.
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Loren Duffy, M.S. (Psych.)
Loren is renowned for helping business leaders and teams get better business results through personal development. He is a powerful psychologist and coach, and he specialises in personal change, resilience, empowerment and creativity. Loren has advised senior executives, entrepreneurs, and sport and creative professionals in over 40 countries around the world. As a speaker, he has lectured in, and delivered keynote addresses to, several leading universities and Fortune 500 companies.
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Niall Donnelly, Ph.D.
Niall’s expertise is in helping companies get results from organisation-wide innovation initiatives. Niall’s doctorate focussed on developing and sustaining techniques and behaviours to capture and share knowledge in order to generate business opportunities. For 26 years Niall has been working with several leading national and global ICT and manufacturing companies. Niall has both academic qualifications and practical experience in business, engineering and organisation development.
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Hilary Hough, FCCA
In Ireland, Hilary is a recognised master at helping employees understand the practical economics of their business. He helps them make the direct link between external factors and internal day to day activity and the business performance. Hilary specialises in the financial aspect of innovation. Thus, he helps companies fund innovation, measure the business impact and ensure the use of appropriate accounting tools for different kinds of innovation.
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Aidan Mc Hugh, MSc.
Aidan’s expertise is in corporate strategy development, organisation design, change management and innovation. Aidan has worked for a range of private and public sector clients. His particular expertise is in designing and implementing major change initiatives across the organisation. Aidan has just completed a number of major innovation projects with a particular focus on service innovation with both Coillte and Pfizer.
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Caroline Murphy, MA Org. Psych
Caroline is a communications expert who blends the experience of a successful broadcasting career with her current profession of organisational psychology. She has a particular strength in the area of strategic communications for change and employee engagement. Caroline was a successful producer with RTE for many years. As well as this, she has worked with a wide range of companies including Diageo, An Post, FAS, ACC, Ulster Bank, and KPMG.
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David O'Connor, B.A.(Mod.), M.Phil.
David specialises in managing complex projects and programmes. His results-focused close support helps internal teams successfully deliver business, strategic and operational change. David has been providing strategy and operational support to companies and organisations for more than 12 years. An expert at ‘clearing out the smoke’ he excels in helping executive teams define and tackle complex challenges at pace.
David has worked the full cycle of helping top teams define their strategic governance mechanism, through to establishing, in-house, a practical and edgy strategy execution capability. |
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Our Network
Over
a 30 year period we have built an unrivalled network of
Irish based consultants who specialise in business strategy, innovation, operations management, I.T.,
change management, culture change and communications and
engagement for large scale change and operations management.
The members of our network are highly qualified and experienced.
To contact us directly please email: info@advancedorganisation.com or call: +353 1 668 8684.
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