Don Young
Don Young was Organisation and Human Resources Director at Redland plc from 1994 to 1998 and Thorn EMI from 1982 to 1990. He has been Chairman and co-founder of three successful consultancies: Value Partnership Ltd., (leadership development and change consultancy), YSC Ltd., (business psychology consultancy) and currently Woodbridge Partners Ltd., a social enterprise consultancy. He has had extensive international experience including international directorships with Nippon Monier (Japan) and Braas GmBH (Germany). He has been a member of top teams of several companies experiencing extensive change, leading the organisational change, development and implementation strategies, and working with some of the best contemporary thinkers on organisation and strategy. More recently, he has provided consultancy to a range of clients on the linkages between strategy and organisation, introducing value-based management programmes and conducting business and social research projects. In addition, Don has co-authored three books, 'Improving Work Groups', 'Top Team Development' and 'Having their Cake', published several research papers and runs a major website, www.havingtheircake.com examining the relationships between finance and industry.
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