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Chief Change Officer
Christopher Allen established MONTROC in 2018 in order to uncompromisingly pursue his ideas, philosophy and vision on helping people to live, work, better.
He believes that creativity and innovation are key to bringing about transformation; finding better 'ways of working' by linking strategy and culture, and incorporating people, space and technology.
With an extensive and varied career that spans the private and charity sectors, the civil service and the military, Chris has developed and honed his ability to understand people, their work-life culture and the ways they could live, work, better. He translates what motivates them, giving them a greater sense of purpose and drive so that organisations can unlock maximum happiness and see improvements in productivity. Through this, great cultures thrive and so does business.
Chris gained immeasurable experience from inspirational leaders during his former roles as Head of Workplace Consulting within the Morgan Sindall Group (Morgan Lovell), Head of Client Strategies and Management Consulting at CBRE GWS, Head of Variable Workplace Consulting at CBRE GCS, and as a Major in the British Army. As such, Chris has been a consultant change agent for over 25 years and his great strength is in challenging business strategy in order to help leaders identify deliverable actions that will make a tangible difference to experience, happiness, wellbeing, productivity and business output.
CONTACT Chris directly at christopher.allen@montrocconsulting.com
What do clients say about us?
MONTROC was fantastic at guiding us through our office mover project…Chris helped us through the transition very well. Along the way, he made sure that we don't stray back into our old, comfortable ways, but kept us on track to achieve our ultimate goal of driving a more engaged and motivated business.
I have personally also learned a lot from Chris and can recommend it to anyone who craves change, and even more so to those who know it is needed, but still feel a bit resistant to it - Chris will help you challenge your own thinking and biases.
Mari-Lizette Malherbe
CEO
MunichRe
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Communications and Social Media
Leah Allen is the co-founder of MONTROC Consulting and Communications Director.
Leah is a specialist communicator with the skills to see, read and hear the threads that create the narrative of what's happening and what could happen. She has led the research, analysis and communications on projects on workplace strategy, ways-of-working, workplace design, Real Estate rationalisation, and change all over Europe and the USA.
Leah is also Director of #ClatteringClams
CONTACT Leah directly at leah.allen@montrocconsulting.com
What do clients say about us?
We were seeking a ‘dynamic’ approach and a ‘pragmatic and interesting person’ to work with which we found at MONTROC. Tired of the big company refurb we wanted to do it in a more dynamic way, so called MONTROC. We felt that it would be more tailored to us.
MONTROC were really good at adapting as we went… another reminder that we picked the right people to work with. It was almost like some companies didn’t want to come near us unless the budget was a certain size & template. Values, culture and space are all working well together now, making the management of the change easy. It feels different, but it still feels like us.
Sarah-Jane Norman
Group People & Culture Director
innocent Drinks
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Graphic Recorder - Associate
Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen is Associate Graphic Recorder at MONTROC Consulting.
Beatrice is a high qualified communications specialist, adept at translating what she hears into Visual Minutes, both live drawing and digital.
Beatrice has travelled the world with MONTROC as our go-to artist. She is a key member of our team and we wouldn't leave home without her.
Beatrice is also Director of CohenBaum https://www.cohenbaum.com Beatrice is a Member of the Association of Illustrators.
CONTACT Beatrice directly at info@montrocconsulting.com
What do clients say about us?
We hired MONTROC to provide Change Management support with a focus on combining separate cultures (Sales and Ops) and creating new behaviours, drawing 300+ staff together into one building…. We went though the change curve and came out the other end in a better place.
MONTROC's style is relaxed, direct but also consultative to the desires of the group. We used an artist to capture and reflect upon all that we wanted to achieve as well as concerns about the change. All in a positive experience with MONTROC leading us through it!
Matt Leonard
Director
Lumen Technologies