Julie Hodges

Member Since: 3rd Jun 2016
Julie is a leading expert on change in organizations, particularly the role and impact of people during transformations. Before entering the academic world Julie worked as a business consultant for over 20 years in several profit and non-profit organizations, including PwC. At PwC Julie was responsible for organizational change and management development in a number of companies include Barclays, Shell, BBC, Lloyds, Reuters. Julie has also worked with Vertex where she set up and led a commercial consultancy team. Her first role was with the British Council where she was the Development Consultancy for East Asia.
Julie has published in a number of international journals on change in organisations. She is the author of several books including ‘Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change’, ‘ Managing and Leading People through Change’ (Kogan Page); Sustaining Change in Organizations(Sage) and ‘Employee Engagement for Organizational Change’ (Routledge) and ‘Organization Development: how organizations change and develop effectively’ (Palgrave McMillan). Her latest book is ‘Reshaping the HR: the role of HR in organizational change’.
Julie is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Academic Fellow of the ICMCI (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes)and a Senior Fellow of the Foundation for Management Education (FME). She is also a member of the editorial board of the ‘Management Consulting’ journal.
Professor/Associate Dean Durham University Business School
1st Feb 2021
Reshaping HR to drive organisational change
Over the decades the HR function has been exhorted to play a more strategic, transformational role, particularly in organisational change...
Change
4th Dec 2018
How to lead people through transitions
In this article series , written and created by Dr. Julie Hodges from the University of Durham, we look at how to make organisational...
Change
29th Nov 2018
The dialogue of change : how to get it right
Communicating organisational change successfully requires a great deal of sensitivity. You must consider the appropriate method of...
Change
27th Nov 2018
Why you must prioritise the emotional side of change
During a period of organisational change it's vital to ensure clear and consistent communication with your employees. In order to truly...
Change