APMG is a leading global Examination Institute and the Official Accreditor of the UK Government's Cabinet Office and by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). They accredit professional training and consulting organizations and manage certification schemes for knowledge-based workers.
Richard Smith (Editor) is a specialist in organizational development-related people development issues and has enjoyed a number of senior roles for a range of blue chip organizations, including Dixon Group and Lloyds Bank. Currently running his own consultancy Richard Smith Associates, he works with clients as diverse as Unilever, GKN, Nestle, Mars and Harvard Business School. The Chief Examiner for APMG Change Management products and lead author of the first global Change Management Body of Knowledge for the Change Management Institute, he is also a Fellow of the CIPD.
Ranjit Sidhu
Ranjit is a skilful trainer, facilitator, project and change management consultant with over 20 years' experience gained on a variety of projects spanning Europe, North America and Africa. Her credentials include being an accredited trainer for APMG-International's Change Management, AgilePM, and Facilitation qualifications, and the AXELOS PRINCE2® certification. Ranjit is also a certified SCRUM trainer, a coach and certified trainer of NLP, and an Assessor for the APM Practitioner. She is a contributing author for the Gower Handbook of People in Project Management, The Effective Change Manager (CMBoK) from the Change Management Institute, and The Effective Change Manager's Handbook, published by Kogan Page. Her book Titanic Lessons in Project Leadership uses that tragic case study to highlight guidelines for effective communication and team building, and is the accompanying text for ChangeQuest's Project Leadership course. Ranjit is not only an expert practitioner and trainer, but is able to pass on the benefits of this experience and knows how to motivate others. Success for her is measured by the number of 'aha' moments experienced by those she addresses, both in person and in print.
David King
An independent consultant and trainer for over 25 years, David specializes in designing and delivering change programmes, projects and related learning solutions to organizations in public, private and third sectors. David is an Examiner in Change Management for global qualifications body APM Group International and a co-author of the Change Management Institute's Change Management Body of Knowledge (CMBoK), published in September 2013. David is also author of 'Think, Learn, Improve! - Turn your business vision into reality', which sets out a practitioner's framework of tools and techniques for designing and developing a comprehensive change programme.
Dan Skelsey
Dan's career as a programme manager, change manager and educator has spanned five continents. He has used facilitation as a tool in every role, and realized that this was a learnable and vital skill for all forms of management. In 2007, he established Project Laneways with a mission to provide quality learning experiences in Change Management, Project Management and related topics. He was the first to offer the APMG Facilitation Practitioner certification training in Australasia. Dan is an examiner for the APMG change management qualifications, and was one of four authors for the first global Change Management Body of Knowledge. He has a masters from Cambridge and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
