Business Transformation: Lessons and Practical Advice

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Errol Gardner is Global Vice Chair for Consulting at EY, which has 350,000 people and is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. Errol joins CXOTalk to share his insights about the current state of business and leadership and offer practical advice on leading transformation initiatives at large organizations.

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Given Errol’s experience working with EY’s many global clients, this is an important conversation for anyone interesting in transformation.

The conversation includes these topics:
-- About EY and the role of Vice Chair for consulting
-- What is business transformation?
-- What are the goals of business transformation?
-- What is the organizational transformation mindset?
-- What are common elements of transformation initiatives across large organizations?
-- What are the success factors for cultural transformation?
-- How can business leaders support change efforts during the transformation process?
-- Why do organizations start a digital transformation journey?
-- How should organizations start their business transformation process?
-- What is the role of IT in digital transformation?
-- How can organizations overcome digital transformation challenges?
-- Why is cultural transformation so important?
-- Why are diversity and diverse teams so important to successful business transformation?
-- Advice to business leaders
-- Advice to middle managers

Errol Gardner leads EY Global Consulting with over 100,000 professionals worldwide. In this role, he advises clients on transforming businesses, enabled by technology and data, with a human-centered approach. He joined EY as a partner in 2009 and has held several leadership positions, including the EY Global Leader for Technology Consulting. Errol has 30 years of professional services experience, and has served clients in oil and gas, power and utilities, and has focused on banking and insurance in recent years.

Errol is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, and co-chairs EY’s Global Social Equity Taskforce (GSET), to raise consciousness on social equity inside and outside of EY. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, an organization committed to increasing the number of C-suite Black executives on corporate boards. Errol is an Associated Chartered Accountant (ACA) and holds a BA in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK.