Strategy & Change Management

In a constantly changing world no organisation can afford to stand still. Developing good strategy to achieve your mission and managing change effectively are core to staying relevant in a complex environment. Is it time for a new strategy? Do you need to make change to achieve your purposes?

Described by a former manager as a “strategic mastermind”, I bring extensive experience developing and executing strategy for charitable fundraising and programming, digital transformation and commercial management. I am an experienced change leader having led sensitive global changes at group and team levels. I was trained in Strategy and Strategic thinking by the National School of Government.

My experiences include:

  • Development and execution of Tearfund’s institutional funding strategy, leading to 70% funding growth over 5 years.

  • Leadership of a sensitive change to merge three disparate teams into a single cohesive unit.

  • Development of a turn-around strategy for an international affiliate.

  • Facilitation of Tearfund’s overall income strategy development process.

  • Development of a strategy to modernise the Ministry of Justice’s IT estate.

  • Development of a strategy to deploy data analytics within the Home Office.

  • Development of an innovative procurement strategy for a £700m procurement in DWP.

  • Leading a collaborative process to understand your context, identify strategic objectives, and align the organisation to deliver.

  • Articulating how the strategy will be delivered over multiple years

  • Understanding how your organisational context is changing and likely to evolve

  • Planning and executing change processes

  • Understanding the costs, benefits and risks of changing… and of not changing.

  • Building suites of Key Performance Indicators and Balanced Scorecards, to manage organisational performance

“Richard is a strategic mastermind, with good instincts which have proven to be right time and time again.”

- SL, Director of Fundraising

“Richard is particularly skilled in strategy development and planning, utilising exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail combined with creative thinking, to find innovative solutions which deliver the best outcomes for all stakeholders.”

- JB, former team member