Conversations Of Change

The latest is #ChangeChat is with Rita Meyerson. We talk doctoral studies and change leadership. How did Rita get into change work? A lot of study! Started with Andersen Consulting (Now Accenture) What does a typical day look like? No typical routine, large tolerance for change and ambiguity. Client work, mid-career doctoral candidate – ABD (All But Dissertation), mother to 11 year old boy, yogi. Motivation for the doctoral studies? A client engagement (and their leaders) prompted Rita to complete the studies as a doctoral program. George Washington University provided a program that was flexible with family obligations and also the topic of culture and leadership in change. Rita’s dissertation focuses on organisational identity during M&As – how does the new culture emerges. How does Rita manage the tension of academic v practitioner as a “pracademic”? George Washington program is a scholar practitioner program. The empirical research helps Rita lead with the practitioner focus and the work with clients.