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Change is the not-so-new-norm in business today! Gretchen Asher brings nearly 3 decades of experience and expertise as a change management consultant to Fortune 500 companies which include Nike, Intel, Nestle, General Motors, hp, just to name a few. Gretchen has led global change initiatives for her clients with great project success.
Speaking topics include:
* How to Lead Change
* Creating in-house Change Management capability in-house
* Creating the "Fire in the Belly" for your change initiative
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Price Range: $2500
Gig Length: 30 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Errors & Omissions Insurance
I can get your senior executive team up to speed on all aspects of Change Management and how to lead for change.
Most importantly, if hired as a consultant, I can help your organization develop consultant-level Change Management capabilities in-house with your own selected employees decreasing your dependence on costly external consultants.
I’ve been a senior Change Management consultant for nearly 3 decades, working at the highest levels with Fortune 500 companies. These are some of the largest global companies, covering a broad spectrum of industries with all types of change initiatives.
My Change Management Specialties Include:
- Large ERP & all technology implementations
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Global and local reorganizations
- Operations improvements
- Culture change
My clients include Nike, Intel United Airlines, hp, Nestle, Dreyers Grand Ice Cream, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Health Services, Universal Studios, Chevron, GM, MacAfee Security, just to name a few.
I’ve seen it all. As a former senior consultant for one of the Big Firms (PwC), I've led the Change Management strategy & execution activities to get your company/organization across the finish line, only to then move on out of your organization/company as soon as go-live is complete or to a new project within your company. And yes, any consulting firm’s dream is to move from project to project within the same client. Ka-ching!
And they want to staff as many consultants as possible for as many hours as possible. I don't work this way.
I’ve seen this time and time again as change consultants are utilized repeatedly; the organization doesn’t think about the dependency that is created by NOT developing in-house Change Management capability.
I feel it's a tragedy, really.
On every global project, I direct and guide people to develop the strategies that work for their organizations and to execute the Change Management activities in other countries; Europe, Israel, India, Asia, South America, Canada, etc., all from the U.S.
For U.S.-based client work, I also guide change management teams in companies with locations across many states in this very same manner. Happily, it just requires less time zone calculation.
I’ve spent years guiding and directing client's “in-the-trenches” employees to execute the Change Management activities from across the world via video conferencing. The end results are growing a client's internal Change Management capability within their own workforce.
I'm here to help companies and organizations within companies to develop their own Change Superheroes in-house. Let's get to it!
You've Got Change Management Superheroes in Your Organization Just Waiting to Be Unleashed!
Why I want to change Change...
It's long overdue that organizations become change-enabled. I want to help as many as possible build strong in-house capabilities to move up the Change Management maturity model; from at the lowest level employing change management to ad hoc projects all the way incorporating Change Management tools as "the way we do business."
It's been proven for decades that when Change Management is done effectively, the result is faster speed of adoption, a greater level of proficiency, and higher utilization rates. This triumvirate drives higher ROI for organizations.
Stage to move on.
During the pandemic, I have been coaching leaders in organizations how to (1) manage teams and projects remotely and (2) prepare for the "Workplace New Normal Post-COVID-19."
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