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Professor Julie Hodges' Outputs (21)

People-Centric Organizational Change: Engaging Employees with Business Transformation (2024)
Book
Hodges, J. (2024). People-Centric Organizational Change: Engaging Employees with Business Transformation. KoganPage

The only way to achieve successful business change is by engaging employees and making the transformation people-centric. This book explains how to achieve this.

Written by a leading voice in the change management industry who has both academic an... Read More about People-Centric Organizational Change: Engaging Employees with Business Transformation.

A Framework for Consulting (2021)
Journal Article
Hodges, J. (2021). A Framework for Consulting. Management consulting journal, 4(2), 52-55

Organization Development: How Organizations Change and Develop Effectively (2020)
Book
Hodges, J. (2020). Organization Development: How Organizations Change and Develop Effectively. Bloomsbury

This engaging and accessible textbook shows the importance and role of organizational development around the world, within the context of organizational change. Fostering an analytic approach to organizational issues, it charts the evolution of the f... Read More about Organization Development: How Organizations Change and Develop Effectively.

To be or not to be an internal consultant (2017)
Book Chapter
Hodges, J. (2017). To be or not to be an internal consultant. In G. Manville, & O. Matthias (Eds.), Management consultancy insights and real consultancy projects (65-74). Routledge

Internal consultancy is often characterized as the poor cousin of its external counterpart. Although there are some who support this view there are also those who point to the value of internal consultancy. In order to consider these conflicting view... Read More about To be or not to be an internal consultant.

Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value. (2017)
Book
Hodges, J. (2017). Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value. Kogan Page

Organizations are increasingly investing in consulting capabilities to understand what changes they need to make to keep up the pace with the competition and future-proof their business. Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change is a guide f... Read More about Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value..

Cracking the walls of leadership: women in Saudi Arabia (2017)
Journal Article
Hodges, J. (2017). Cracking the walls of leadership: women in Saudi Arabia. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 32(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/gm-11-2015-0106

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the obstacles to women's advancement in Saudi Arabia. The paper addresses the question ‘what are women’s experiences of becoming leaders and what influences their leadership practice ?’ It does this by... Read More about Cracking the walls of leadership: women in Saudi Arabia.

The challenges of leadership in the third sector (2017)
Journal Article
Hodges, J., & Howieson, B. (2017). The challenges of leadership in the third sector. European Management Journal, 35(1), 69-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.12.006

The third sector is experiencing a radical shift due to social, political and economic changes in Europe. Due to these shifts and their implications, the question of leadership has become significant and needs to be explored. This article contributes... Read More about The challenges of leadership in the third sector.

Building capabilities for change: the crucial role of resilience (2017)
Journal Article
Hodges, J. (2017). Building capabilities for change: the crucial role of resilience. Development and Learning in Organizations, 31(1), 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo-07-2016-0064

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss the importance of building internal capabilities for change. The main elements of building capabilities are highlighted, along with the benefits. In particular, there is focus on building resilience and how it can... Read More about Building capabilities for change: the crucial role of resilience.

Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change: the theory and practice of sustaining change through people (2016)
Book
Hodges, J. (2016). Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change: the theory and practice of sustaining change through people. Kogan Page

Tremendous forces for change are radically reshaping the world of work. Disruptive innovations, radical thinking, new business models and resource scarcity are impacting every sector. Although the scale of expected change is not unprecedented, what i... Read More about Managing and Leading People Through Organizational Change: the theory and practice of sustaining change through people.

Sustaining Change in Organizations (2015)
Book
Hodges, J., & Gill, R. (2015). Sustaining Change in Organizations. SAGE Publications

Indispensable to understanding change, this unique text provides a comprehensive examination of how change can be sustained within organizations today. Featuring critical insights into theoretical concepts and current international examples, the book... Read More about Sustaining Change in Organizations.

The transition of midlife women from organisational into self‐employment (2012)
Journal Article
Hodges, J. (2012). The transition of midlife women from organisational into self‐employment. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 27(3), 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/17542411211221277

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the transition of midlife women from employment in organizations to self-employment. It examines how midlife women account for their transition from organizations to self-employment; why they opted fo... Read More about The transition of midlife women from organisational into self‐employment.

Can leadership branding work in theory and practice to resolve the integration-responsiveness problems facing multinational enterprises? (2012)
Journal Article
Hodges, J., & Martin, G. (2012). Can leadership branding work in theory and practice to resolve the integration-responsiveness problems facing multinational enterprises?. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(18), 3794-3812. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.654235

Leadership branding has been proposed as a new approach for transforming the impact of leaders in organizations by developing a shared leadership identity. There has, however, been little empirical evidence to support the concept. In this paper, we c... Read More about Can leadership branding work in theory and practice to resolve the integration-responsiveness problems facing multinational enterprises?.

Exploring Business Transformation: The Challenges of Developing a Benefits Realization Capability (2010)
Journal Article
Ashurst, C., & Hodges, J. (2010). Exploring Business Transformation: The Challenges of Developing a Benefits Realization Capability. Journal of Change Management, 10(2), 217-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697011003795685

The successful management of change continues to be a major issue for organizations. This article draws on rich qualitative data to provide evidence of issues faced by organizations as they try to realize benefits from investments in IT-enabled chang... Read More about Exploring Business Transformation: The Challenges of Developing a Benefits Realization Capability.