by Mark Harling | Jul 7, 2025 | Blog
It’s a situation I often see when working with leadership teams inside well-intentioned organisations. They’ve recruited skilled professionals who are collaborative and well-aligned. But when it comes to solving complex problems or adapting to change, the organisation...
by Mark Harling | Jul 4, 2025 | Blog
The Case of the Unfriendly Slug: Why Your Organisational Map Might Be Holding You Back (And What to Do About It) In my last two posts, I shared how organisational transformation often fails because leaders are navigating with outdated, incomplete, or misleading maps,...
by Mark Harling | Jul 3, 2025 | Blog, UK
Most organisational change transformation efforts fail because leaders rely on outdated maps. I saw this firsthand when a pharmaceutical client proudly showed me volumes of compliance data, yet couldn’t explain why their multi-million dollar decisions kept going...
by Mark Harling | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog, UK
“Strategy” and “Alignment” sound like consultant-speak. But they’re not. They’re just names for very practical things. Strategy is simply thinking long-term about what you want to achieve, with a plan to get there. It’s not a daydream. It’s a destination with a...
by Mark Harling | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog
Change is hard, especially in organisations where culture, processes, and human dynamics collide. Over the years, I’ve guided companies through transformations, and one truth stands out: you can’t manage what you don’t understand. Here’s a quick overview of what I’ve...
