Articles in General Review Publications  

These articles emerged from an Organisational Development intervention 2008-2011. I co-designed and led a collaborative team across Ashridge Business school and the largest UK charity , the National Trust, to develop an internal consulting capability with National Trust ‘functional experts’

This work won the European EFMD Award: Winner of Excellence in Practice Award, 2010 in the Organisational Development category.

 

 

 

 

Desmond, B. (2010) National Trust nurtures talent: Developing internal consulting

capability to support strategy, Journal of Strategic Direction , Vol. 26, No.11, pp. 8 - 11, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02580541011087909


Desmond, B. & Boniface, P. (2010) Sustaining Partnership; Ashridge and the National

Trust, EFMD Business Magazine, Special Supplement Global Focus, Vol. 04, Issue 3, pp.3 - 6


Desmond, B. & Boniface, P. (2010) Sustaining Partnership; Ashridge and the National

Trust, EFMD, Chinese publication


Restore, enjoy and preserve: Ashridge Consulting works with the National Trust

Desmond, B. & O'Brien, D. (2010) Restore, enjoy and preserve: Ashridge Consulting

works with the National Trust, Converse, Issue 7, pp. 5 – 8