luishinton: Joanne Flinn is a Leader in Change Management

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Singapore, August 2, 2012 ? The business world is a changing environment and the ability to adapt to change ensures business continuity on the long term. Change has a huge effect on every aspect of the business process affecting people and operations equally. Change management is responsible for the successful transition of companies and individuals to a future state in their existence. Today, change management is part of any project management process and its principles are applied by organizations across the globe. Although businesses have always handled change in one way or the other, the change management concept is rather new as it focuses on handling change in such a way that businesses and careers are protected.

Joanne Flinn is currently an expert in change management, portfolio management and project management. As partner and expert in the Success Healthcheck for IT Projects at Shelton Consulting, she is highly regarded as a keynote speaker, facilitator and diagnostician of performance in her line of work. Joanne Flinn has launched her career more than 22 years ago as Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting, a firm operating in the management consulting industry. Her journey on the road to success continued as Principal Consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers where she specialized in process and organizational change management. As Vice President with DBS Bank, she extended her expertise to the challenging banking industry. Joanne Flinn commenced her collaboration with Shelton Consulting in 2003 as Partner and Director responsible for management consulting and organizational change strategy practice. For more information about Joanne Flinn, please visit www.joanneflinn.info.

Shelton Consulting is a company specialized in success health checks of IT projects. The firm has developed the Shelton diagnostic methods designed to help companies operating in the IT industry achieve their business goals through successful project and change management. Today, well established and world famous business organizations apply the Shelton methods with a staggering success rate. Companies such as IBM, Novartis, Procter and Gamble, Manulife, or Abacus benefit from their collaboration with Shelton Consulting saving millions of dollars. Understanding the potential losses triggered by project failure, Shelton Consulting focuses on project management, portfolio management and change management in order to assist IT firms in obtaining their intended business goals and ensuring business continuity. For more information about Shelton Consulting, please visit www.sheltonconsulting.info.

As a result of her commitment and expertise in change management, Joanne Flinn published The Success Health Check for IT Projects-An Insider?s Guide to Managing IT Investment and Business Change in 2010. The book reveals the eight key factors that can be applied by small and large businesses to ensure successful project delivery. Today, the eight factors are used by Novartis, Citibank or IBM saving large projects over 50 million dollars.

Joanne Flinn accrued a rich academic career holding a Master?s Degree of Science in Coaching and Consulting for Change from the HEC School of Management, a Diploma in Coaching and Consulting for Change from the University of Oxford-Said Business School, and a Bachelor?s Degree in Economics, Finance, and Law from the University of Tasmania. In June 2012, Joanne Flinn received the Thought Leader Award as Change Agent and Transformation Leader in recognition of her remarkable progress in initiating changes. Furthermore, she has numerous affiliations with several groups and associations reflecting her personal and professional interests, including Financial Women?s Association, Change Leaders and Primetime Professional Women?s Association. She frequently volunteers with Buy One Give One charity organization. In her free time, Joanne Flinn enjoys travelling and meditating. For more information about Joanne Flinn, please visit www.joanneflinn.info.