Staff profile

Biography

Catherine still maintains strong industry links and as a result her teaching is grounded in contemporary practice, as well as being rooted in academic theory and research. Catherine has a particular interest and expertise in organisational change, innovation and consultancy practice. As an executive coach of many years standing, Catherine also brings perspectives on leadership behaviour into her teaching and research. Catherine's PhD research explores the change management capabilities of Agile software development practitioners.

Mini Biography

Catherine Botting is a Lecturer in Management and Organisational Change at the University of York Management School. Before becoming an academic, Catherine had a long corporate career as both a leader in large multinational organisations such as GE and as a consultant working as a Human Capital Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Subsequently she ran her own consultancy practice for 15 years supporting organisations with transformation, change and leadership development. During that time, she worked with clients as diverse as the United Nations, AT&T and Cadbury.

• Change management capabilities of leaders and consultants
• Consultancy practice and its impact on organisations and wider society.
• The impact of Agile on the facilitation of change and its impact on organisational behaviour.