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Change management

Businesses continually face challenges to stay competitive. Our selection of books, articles and guides can help you implement change, get your team on board and create a culture of innovation.
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Latest on change management

Read our latest features and articles on change management.
Your transformation programme needs action (planning)
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
In the latest in our series on implementing a transformation programme, Neil Cutting looks at the steps required to create a concrete action plan.
I know why transformation projects fail
  • Article
  • 02 Aug 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
The vast majority of business transformations do not get off the ground. Neil Cutting has the answer.
The finance team toolkit part 7: applying the five perspectives
  • Article
  • 11 Jul 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Drawing his first batch of articles to a close, Neil Cutting explains how to bring the five perspectives of transformation together when starting a project.
The finance team toolkit part 4: the right people
  • Article
  • 17 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
If the current war for talent shows us anything, it’s that systems and processes are nothing without talented people. Here finance transformation executive, Neil Cutting focuses on the ‘people pillar’ of organisational transformation.
How small actions can lead to big results
  • Article
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The principles of ‘everyday actions’ can transform business performance and help teams through financial challenges. Mitali Kelly ACA explains how.
International Stress Awareness Week: managing stress at work
  • Article
  • 10 Nov 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Experts in management, leadership and business transformation share the best practice for accountants when it comes to handling stress management.
Exclusive How to build an innovative team
  • Article
  • 20 Oct 2021
  • Chris Dyer
The answer is simpler than you think
Exclusive How to embrace change and innovate
  • Article
  • 16 Jun 2021
  • Sarah Stevenson
How to foster a mindset of change and efficiency in your business
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Reports

Exclusive Special Report 66 - Managing change
  • Report
  • 2019
Change is inevitable, it is all around us. Brexit, political upheaval, increasing regulation and a growing protectionist agenda make it incredibly difficult to run your business. BAM are here to help, with our special report on managing change, we can help successfully guide you through inevitable change with our practical tips and hands on approach.
Special Report 66: Managing change
  • Report
  • 2019
Change is inevitable, it is all around us. Brexit, political upheaval, increasing regulation and a growing protectionist agenda make it incredibly difficult to run your business. BAM are here to help, with our special report on managing change, we can help successfully guide you through inevitable change with our practical tips and hands on approach.
Change management and reorganisation
  • Report
  • 2014
This report covers some of the practical aspects of reorganisation and change management.
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Webinars

Managing talent in a hybrid world
  • Podcast
  • 25 May 2023
In this Insights In Focus episode, we discuss best practice in hiring, training and safeguarding talent under hybrid working.
Manage change effectively
  • Webinar
  • 01 May 2019
This webinar explores how a reaction to change can impact an individual’s wellbeing and the difference having a positive mindset can make. It provides an opportunity to discuss how to accept or adjust to change and how to be open to the opportunities that change can bring.
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eBooks

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.

Exclusive Disruption in the audit market: the future of the Big Four
  • eBook
  • 2019
  • Krish Bhaskar, John Flower
  • Taylor & Francis
A guide to the current state of the audit market, exploring failings and how it needs to change to address challenges into the future.
Exclusive Building a resilient organisation
  • eBook
  • 2014
  • James Crask, Charley Newnham, Jack Armstrong, Paul Robertson
  • ICSA Publishing
How to build a prosperous and sustainable business.
Exclusive Change 2.0: beyond organisational transformation
  • eBook
  • 2008
  • Joachim Klewes, Ralf Langen
  • Springer
Consultants, managers and academics share their experience and insights on change communication.
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Business press

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
Exclusive How can managers help teams combat change exhaustion?
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • Mollie West Duffy, Liz Fosslien
Advice on what managers should be doing to handle employee 'change fatigue' from too many organizational changes. The authors suggest acknowledging the discomfort that comes with change, devising a plan in the face of uncertainty, and adopting set rituals as a team.
Exclusive Changing environment
  • Article
  • 01 May 2023
  • Antoinette Alexander
Many accounting firms are reflecting on the wins and challenges they've faced in a remote work environment and are recalibrating their operating model to effectively manage a remote, or in many cases hybrid, workforce. The article takes a look at why it is important to provide staff with remote opportunities and then dives into the best practices that firms are employing to drive success.
Exclusive The leopard’s spots: changing change management
  • Article
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Peter Buell Hirsch
A study into the tension between ongoing change management initiatives, the speed of C Suite transitions and the shrinking of middle management. The author's review of industry data suggests that the increase in change management initiatives set against senior management instability and a loss of middle management is leading to diminishing returns. They suggest that increasing stability and consistency in core areas is becoming more important to corporate financial success.
Exclusive Meet the CA: Fiona Dixon CA
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2023
  • Hannah Tattersall
An interview with Fiona Dixon CA, advisory partner at HLB Mann Judd in Australia, where she has set up the firm's transformation division. She specialises in business transformation, using AI and bots to create efficiencies across the organisation. The article also covers software that can assist with building a bot and how accountants can go about developing their tech skills.
Exclusive Smart manufacturing: Five strategies for smashing silos
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2021
  • Mo Abuali, Isaac Bennett
Article on the importance for manufacturers of breaking down silo walls as part of the transition to smart factories. Strategies include focusing on the value of data, fostering a culture of innovation, establishing a smart manufacturing steering committee, empowering digital change champions and making internal communications a change management priority
Exclusive Rewrite the future
  • Article
  • 01 Aug 2009
  • Dave Logan, Steve Zaffron
Steve Zaffrdon and Dave Logan advise on how leaders can rewrite the future in the minds of their employees. Using Malcom Burn's time as CEO of New Zealand Steel as an example, they say leaders who reset future expectations can transform a failing situation - leading to a dramatic elevation in company performance.
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Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection

The collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a range of articles, books and reports on change management. Use the links below to see what we have available to request in our Library catalogue (Libcat).
Leading sustainable change: an organisational perspective
  • Library book
  • 2015
  • R. Henderson, ed.
  • Oxford University Press
The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling. This book is designed to support business managers who are grappling with the challenge of persuading their organisations to lead sustainable change.
Leading change
  • Library book
  • 2012
  • J.P.Kotter
  • Harvard Business Review Press
Both a guide and a practical toolkit on how to approach the difficult yet crucial work of leading change in any type of organisation. Kotter is renowned for his eight-step process for managing change, with Leading Change widely recognized as his seminal work.

External resources

Change management and agility
  • Website
  • CIPD
A collection of resources on change management from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development which includes practical advice, research reports and podcasts.
Managing change
  • Website
  • Atom Content Management
A guide to managing change for businesses, covering driving change, prioritising change, preparing for change, selling the change, implementing change and creating a culture of change.
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