Refresh yourself (change management)

Article Type: Abstracts From: Development and Learning in Organizations, Volume 23, Issue 1

Johnson R. People Management, 21 August 2008, Vol. 14 No. 17, Start page: 32, No. of pages: 2

Purpose – interviews Doug Frost, HR director at Britvic (the UK soft drinks company) about the leadership development programme that has contributed to the company’s change management programme. Design/methodology/approach– discusses why Britvic needed to change its culture and business practices to meet the competition it faced in the market. Outlines the changes made to the company’s structure and some of the new human resource practices that were introduced before describing the leadership development programme and its content. Findings – points to indicators of Britvic’s renewed success and argues that the leadership development programme contributed to this by developing leadership throughout the firm. Originality/value –profiles the leadership development programme developed at Britvic. ISSN:1358-6297 Reference: 37AU146

Keywords: Leadership, Organizational change, Soft drinks,United Kingdom