Change champion Pamela Gladwell shares some timely insights and best practices, including dealing with various forms of resistance and how the current economic crisis will impact change management initiatives.
Change is on everyone’s mind — from turbulent conditions in the workplace to assessing the longevity of projects. As project management professionals, we know that effectively navigating and managing change is integral to our success.
Pamela Denise Gladwell champions change on a daily basis. An experienced leader with more than 20 years of proven success applying world-class management methodologies, Gladwell is an instructor with the Griffin Tate Group, a project management training provider. Previously, she was president of the Center for Quality Management, and a chief quality officer. Gladwell was also the Master Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma Leader of GE Corporate Global Infrastructure Solutions. Her background includes tenures at GE Aircraft Engines, GE-Capital Consumer Financial Services, AT&T Global Information Solutions, NCR, as well as teaching in the Graduate Schools of Cincinnati’s Xavier University and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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