INTRODUCING COLIN TIERNEY
I am an independent Consultant, an external lecturer
for Warwick University, an approved contractor for a large Government Agency,
an associate with two successful consultancy groups, and a published
writer. I am a founder member of the
International Work, Information Society and Employment Forum. I am also a
partner in Vision Management Systems - a limited liability partnership
developing and marketing performance improvement processes in public sector
organisations. I have developed a broad
portfolio of expertise during many years in Government and business. My
principal interest is in change management and in particular, its human
dimension.
I prefer to work with clients on a holistic basis, treating the
human resource issues behind change as an integral element of business success.
I tend to work less from a theoretical footing, than from a pragmatic
application of tried and tested tools.
I am personally critical of consultancy which fails to deliver
significant skills transfer. I do not consider it either ethical, nor in the
long term interest of client or consultant, to extend a commission beyond the
absolute essential. Clients have expressed a great deal of satisfaction at the
added value by way of skills transfer which I have been able to facilitate.
This adds to my personal satisfaction in knowing that not only has a job been
done, but that the capability of the organisation, and the individuals within,
has been enhanced.
I am proud to be associated with Warwick Manufacturing Group of
Warwick University, for whom I lecture in Project Management and Risk
Management for non-undergraduate learners. As well as organisational and
personal consultancy I offer a range of current modules, which can be accessed
as stand alone products or to be customised as per client's individual
requirements. LIST OF MODULES
I am fully committed to my own development and I am currently
researching the field of Teleworking. I am testing a hypothesis that
notwithstanding the technical issues surrounding this topic, the human resource
issue remains - the right people in the right place at the right time. To that
end I am developing a diagnostic tool which will assist organisations and
individuals to appraise aptitude for the particular demands of teleworking. I
am also developing a Project Flowchart to aid implementation within
organisations. TELEWORKING
FLOWCHART