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Victor
M. Bond
has
traveled thousands of miles and spent thousands of hours teaching
people how to make and manage change in their personal and professional
lives.
Based
in Carlsbad, California,
Victor has traveled the U.S. and Canada, western and central
Europe, Latin America, The Far East and The Middle East, spreading his
belief that we all can be more effective...and happier.
He
believes in the power of preparation and flexibility in generating and
dealing with change.
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He
established ChangeNet in the Fall of 1991.
He'd been with IBM for 15 years until earlier that year, in systems
engineering and marketing. He'd run one of the largest IBM branches
(over 300 professionals), was Director of Marketing and Support for one
of IBM's largest areas, and was Director of Strategy and Director of
Consulting Services.
He
was then
(as he is now) an author, independent consultant, trainer, and developer
of learning and professional development programs.
He'd gotten engagements with Ernst & Young (to help them develop a
change management practice) and IBM Europe (to develop a major change
management program), among others.
He was sitting on his couch in his West Side New York City apartment,
preparing for a trip to Brussels to work with IBM on the development of
a training curriculum and materials for a major change education effort
across Europe.
As he sat there, he realized that he needed to come up with a simple,
memorable approach to teaching and embedding the many concepts and techniques of the
management of change and leadership development.
Sitting and thinking, intermittently banging away on his brand new Altima
laptop (Remember those? We didn't think so.), it hit him: simple, clear
metaphors.
He'd always thought about and analyzed problems with the help of images and
communicated with the help of stories.
And he was - as he is today - inspired to help others understand and actually
use the things he knew would work.
The ideas poured out of him: The Downhill Delusion, The Pilot Problem,
The Destination Dilemma, and The Pachyderm Problem. These, and a lot
more, became the core of his leadership and management curriculum
then...and they still are today.
All from one, completely fevered, creative afternoon.
Almost 6000 afternoons and many metaphors later, he's still at it...
making change.
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