In this Sociological Impact Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Dr. Scott Anderson about working with executive teams to drive successful organizational change initiatives.

As a change management and business communications strategist, Scott Anderson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottandersonphd/) helps executives get more buy-in, quicker adoption, and better business results in their major organizational changes. His career has been about helping individuals, teams, and leaders organize and simplify their difficult challenges into actionable plans that improve their results and unchain their potential. Scott has led various change management initiatives in the IT industry, including software implementations, enterprise planning, enterprise project management practices, corporate performance measurement and dashboards, technology governance policies and processes, and other executive initiatives. In addition to being certified by Prosci as a Change Practitioner and completing Prosci's Experienced Practitioner Program, he is also a Prosci Certified Advanced Instructor (PCAI), which enables me to facilitate and certify internal employees in Prosci's change management process. As a graduate of Prosci's Train-the-Trainer program, he has facilitated change management courses for hundreds of executives, practitioners, managers, project professionals, and front-line employees.

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In this Sociological Impact Podcast episode, Dr. Westover talks with Linda Lattimore about corporate social responsibility programs to make a sustainable social impact. 

Linda Lattimore (www.lindalattimore.com) is a seasoned lawyer, corporate executive and business strategist. Linda has worked as the lead counsel for various multinational corporations and as the Chief of the Fraud Section of the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas where she first chaired many noteworthy trials. Her international, corporate and litigation background have given her the tools to provide astute guidance and counsel in today’s changing and highly regulated climate. An American who lived for many years in Peru and Mexico, Linda is fluent in Spanish, conversant in French and has traveled extensively throughout the world with her work. Linda is a well-regarded speaker who believes that social responsibility is critical to competitive edge. She often consults on this new norm of business encouraging clients to create thriving social responsibility programs which have a direct impact on their bottom line. She is the Founder of Cross Sector Institute (www.xsectorinstitute.com) which includes Cross Sector Law (an educational platform (CLE) by and for socially responsible attorneys), Cross Sector Gives (a community give-back program) and Cross Sector Advantage (which offers small companies a toolkit to set up their own programs allowing them to compete in a world where social responsibility requisites have become the norm). Learn more about your ad choices. 

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In this Sociological Impact Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/) talks with Murad Salman Mirza about the importance of taking an interdisciplinary approach to organizational development and change management. 

Murad Salman Mirza (https://www.linkedin.com/in/muradsalmanmirza/) is an innovative thinker and an astute practitioner with more than 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience in Organizational Development, Talent Management & Business Transformation in a rich array of roles (e.g., Board Member, Senior Executive, Corporate Manager, Consultant, Trainer, Auditor, Author, Speaker, Mentor, etc.). He ended the last decade as Globally Ranked #1 in HR and Culture, Top 5 in Leadership, Management and Change Management, Top 20 in Agility, Innovation and Future of Work, and Top 35 in Customer Experience, by the world's first open platform, based in the USA, for Thought Leaders (https://www.thinkers360.com/about/). His insights/innovations/solutions/methodologies/tools/techniques/approaches have been added to the libraries of premier institutions across the world (United Nations, Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford, Columbia, INSEAD, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva), World Bank, IMF, United States Military Academy West Point, United States Marine Corps, United States Naval Academy, California State Library, The National Library of Australia, Canadian Parliament Library, Royal Danish Library, National Library of Finland, etc.) for the growth and development of their talent. He has successfully guided, trained and enabled organizations from the services and manufacturing sectors in gaining competitive strategic and operational advantages through ingrained core values, cohesive corporate culture, fervent embrace of diversity and inclusion practices, responsive organizational design and structures, incisive organizational development interventions, engaged talent management initiatives, robust management systems, astute use of technology and an unrelenting focus on enhancing the delight factor for internal/external customers. Currently, advising/consulting, training/developing, guiding/mentoring and featuring/speaking in regional/global professional forums. Additionally, engaging as a Contributing Author/Blogger/Guest Columnist for several prestigious publications across the world.

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