John Watters
UK

My work with BCG focuses on two strands:

Creating fast and sustainable breakthroughs in performance for organisations and partnerships. I address critical business issues and work with leaders at all levels to develop their capability to evolve the culture and positively impact performance. The track record in the public sector for this work is now substantial with enduring impact over time.

Introducing a simple, elegant approach to systems thinking and leadership based on the work of Barry Oshry, a leading systems thinker based in the U.S. I integrate this approach in my consulting. I also present and run with BCG colleagues .5 day, 1 and 2 day programmes either as stand-alone team-building or conference events, or as part of an ongoing leadership development or consulting programme.

Recent / Current projects:

Developing a new approach to leading & managing in Lambeth Council with the purpose of sustainably accelerating the Council’s rate of improvement
Introducing the systems thinking approach of Barry Oshry in the UK through the medium of a one or two day Organisational Workshop.

Major clients:

PricewaterhouseCoopers. London Boroughs of Lambeth, Ealing, Islington, Newham, Waltham Forest, Barking & Dagenham, Brighton & Hove City Council, Castle Point District Council.

Career History:

I recently established my own company, Living Leadership, following a role as Director of Future Considerations, a leadership development consultancy, based in London. Prior to that I worked for eight years in the Government and Public Sector practice of PwC where I pioneered the development of an integrative approach to public sector transformation. Over time the teams I led developed an impressive track record of working with local authorities to transform performance and create the conditions and capacity for sustainable improvement. In my twenties I was a general manager in the NHS for seven years, working in all areas of the NHS: teaching hospital, primary and community healthcare, health promotion and a strategic health authority.

Education:

MSc, Change Agent Skills & Strategies, University of Surrey
MSc (Econ), Health Planning & Finance, London School of Economics
BCom (Hons), Business Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Publications or research interests:

The next wave of thinking about leadership - is there for an appetite and a need for taking a broader (more holistic and deeper?) view of leadership across all the systems of which we are part - family, communities we belong to, locality, our organisational lives, wider world?

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