Professor Julie Hodges is a leading expert on change in organizations, particularly the role and impact of people during transformations. Before entering the academic world Julie worked as a business consultant for over 20 years in several profit and non-profit organizations, including PwC. At PwC Julie was responsible for organizational change and management development in a number of FTSE 100 companies. Julie has also worked with Vertex where she set up and led a commercial consultancy team. Her first role was with the British Council where she was the Development Consultant for East Asia.

Julie has published in a number of international journals on change in organisations. She is the author of several books including 'Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change', and ' Managing and Leading People through Change' (Kogan Page). Julie is an Academic Fellow of the ICMCI (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes), a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Senior Fellow of the Foundation for Management Education (FME). She is also a member of the editorial board of the 'Management Consulting' journal.

Chapter - 01: Rationale for People-Centric Change; Chapter - 02: Why Engaging People in Business Change is Crucial; Chapter - 03: Engaging Stakeholders; Chapter - 04: Engaging Opposing Voices; Chapter - 05: Communication of Change; Chapter - 06: Change as an opportunity, not a threat; Chapter - 07: The role of Managers in Change; Chapter - 08: Wellbeing during Change; Chapter - 09: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Change; Chapter - 10: Fostering Collaboration; Chapter - 11: How to build a people-centric change strategy; Chapter - 12: Glossary and Further Reading