about ruth tearle

Ruth Tearle is an international strategy and change management consultant, and the author of numerous books including “Blackboards, Bubbles & Cappuccinos”, “Ride the Wild Tiger” and “Mastering Personal change.” She is known for her worskhops which mix rational, emotional and spiritual intelligence. Her skill is in practicing the art of ‘less is more.’ She is able to craft seemingly simple workshops that provide many focused benefits simultaneously. Ruth obtained her M.B.A. cum Laude from the University of Stellenbosch in 1987. Previously she headed the strategic planning and market research department of Southern Life and was a principal consultant in strategy at Ernst & Young. She founded Change Designs in 1991. Today Ruth is a consultant, a publisher and a trainer.

The consultant.

Ruth has consulted both in South Africa and internationally in the fields of strategy and change management. She has clients in South Africa, Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East. In her 17 year consulting career, she has worked in just about every industry. Today she has the experience to custom design focused interventions to meet each client’s specific objectives.

Change Designs Publishing produces practical tools, charts, and books for consultants, leaders and facilitators in strategy, change and innovation. Download a catalogue of these tools here. These tools are used by Ruth Tearle in her own consulting – providing extra value to her clients, and allowing them to achieve far more benefits in a shorter time frame. Using these tools, a group will achieve in 2 days, what would normally take 5 days of facilitation.

In the past, Ruth presented programmes in leadership, strategic planning, implementation and change management for a number of business schools in South Africa. Today she runs the highly popular Change Master Series of workshops under the Change Designs brand. These practical workshops are designed to train internal and external consultants in practical strategy, change management and innovation. She also trains custom designed in house programmes. 

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