People behave very differently when faced with change, whether it is small or large in scope. There are people who embrace it with open arms, whilst others automatically reject it. Some of the most difficult stakeholders to deal with are those that try to derail the change effort altogether. These people are commonly known as saboteurs. They draw attention away from the things that the project should be focussing on and have the project team fighting fires that they never expected to be lit in the first place.

Saboteurs can be situated anywhere in your organisation; both within and outside your project and in senior or junior roles. Depending on where they are in the organisation the impact on your project can be significant. Liz Calder will share her experiences of global change projects where the presence of saboteurs created unexpected challenges, along with the approaches used to manage their impact on the project.

Learning Objectives:

• How to identify a saboteur
• Understanding the cause of the behaviour
• What can be done about it?