In this episode, we discuss Change Management, especially in a real estate context.

Drawing on his military background our guest Christopher Allen describes his approach to culture, vision and values and asks why businesses are so half-hearted about providing management training and devastatingly poor at addressing leadership.

We also talk about who really knows what an organisation’s culture is? Often, it’s not the C-suite!

Then, there’s that thorny issue of whether Gen-Z workers are just entitled and lazy – or are they already living a different life that their line managers simply don’t understand?

About our guest

Chris Allen is the Founder and Chief Change Officer at MONTROC Consulting. Their projects have spanned all sectors and ranged from Global Research to EMEA Location Strategy to Regional Office relocation to behavioural change. Chris was previously at the Morgan Sindall Group, CBRE, and the British Army.

He was born in London, educated at Cairo American College, Egypt, Trinity School, Croydon, Loughborough University and Manchester Business School. Chris is a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the CMI and IoL. He has been redesigning and renovating houses for many years. Chris played Water Polo for Great Britain and has swam the English Channel. He lives in Bath with his wife, Leah and their 4 young children, 14 chickens and a Rhodesian Ridgeback. When time allows, Chris likes to swim, surf and drink red wine! He says he is deeply interested in the future of work and helping people to #LiveWorkBetter.