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The Only Constant - A Playbook for Change Leaders

You’ve been asked to lead major change and transformation initiatives but it feels like you’re spending more time repeating yourself, aligning stakeholders, and writing reports than actually leading the change? You’re not alone. Join Nellie Wartoft, CEO of Tigerhall and Chair of the Executive Council for Leading Change (ECLC), as she interviews top change leaders who will be highlighting best practices, frameworks, and lessons learned on how to successfully lead all aspects of large-scale change and

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00:38:25

The 3 Must-Have Traits of Top Change Talent with...

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2025/07/01

You have the budget, you need more hands on deck but who should you hire exactly? You might think ‘someone like me’ but Roger Guerrero has a completely different answer. In this episode of The Only Constant, Roger Guerrero (Head of Strategy Execution, Merck) discusses with Nellie Wartoft how to not be limited by your own definition of what a transformation office should be and shares his blueprint for building execution-focused teams that actually deliver results.----Connect with:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nellie

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00:28:11

Moving from Chaos to a One-Team Corporate Culture...

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2025/06/24

What happens when your organization's biggest strategic challenge isn't technology, process, or budget but just getting everyone to play for the same team?In this episode of The Only Constant, Ben Cook (Head of Global Customer Service Strategic Transformation at Ford) discusses with Nellie Wartoft how to build more than surface-level alignment for the strategic direction your organization must follow. Connect with:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nellie Wartoft⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CEO of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tigerhall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chair of the

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00:38:47

How to Work With Consultants: The 5 Pillars for...

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2025/06/17

Would you work out if you didn't gain any health benefit from it? Probably not. Yet this is exactly what we're asking our teams to do with organizational change.If you’re ready to connect the dots between executive vision and frontline execution for your org, you won’t want to miss this week’s episode of The Only Constant with James Hoch (Sr. Director of Transformation & Strategy, Teradata) and Nellie Wartoft ----Connect with:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nellie Wartoft⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CEO of

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00:28:31

Work Design: The Hidden Lever for Transformation with...

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2025/06/10

When was the last time your organization redesigned work, not just reorganized jobs? Ravin Jesuthasan, bestselling author and global leader for transformation services at Mercer, explains why work redesign is the missing foundation for successful transformation. Drawing from his books "Work Without Jobs" and "The Skills-Powered Organization," Ravin shares how deconstructing work into its core tasks and redeploying them efficiently led to extraordinary results—like an oil company

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00:28:41

When Your Leaders Can’t Lead Change: How to Make...

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2025/06/03

Why do technical experts often make poor change leaders? Roger Guerrero, Head of Enterprise Strategy Execution at Merck, challenges how organizations select and develop leaders in transformation environments. Drawing from his experience overseeing Merck's corporate strategy implementation, Roger explains why change leadership shouldn't be confined to specialized teams but embedded as a core expectation for all managers. He argues that companies over-index on technical expertise while

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00:17:47

How to Flatten an Organization Without Breaking It...

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2025/05/27

Restructuring without destroying morale? It's possible! Connie Klimko, Transformation Lead at Siemens Energy, takes us inside their successful flattening of a hierarchical organization that eliminated management layers while keeping talent. She reveals their strategy for reframing career paths beyond traditional "boxes" on org charts, empowering experts, and rebuilding trust between newly combined teams. From transparent job postings to innovative team-bonding tactics like role-swapping, Connie

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00:27:20

Why Your Perfect Change Plan Still Faces Resistance...

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2025/05/20

Ever wonder why perfectly logical transformation plans meet fierce resistance? Travis Hahler, change management expert and neuroscience researcher, reveals how our brains are hardwired to fight change through two fundamental mechanisms: energy conservation and protection. For transformation leaders, this shifts the entire approach from trying to design "lovable" changes to creating environments where adoption can thrive despite neurological barriers. Travis explains why your most vocal

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00:21:23

Building a Technology Leadership Role That Actually...

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2025/05/13

When does a company need its first-ever Chief Technology Officer? Shankar Kalyana takes us behind the scenes of becoming Stantec's first CTO while simultaneously leading their digital transformation and AI initiatives. With refreshing honesty, he shares how he balanced technical expertise with transformation leadership, shaped a role that didn't previously exist, and executed a strategic 100-day plan that started with deep listening. Shankar explains why the traditional CIO/CTO division is

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00:30:18

Visa’s Recipe for Measuring Change Effectiveness with...

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2025/05/06

Ever get asked for proof that your transformation is working? While the rest of the business obsesses over dashboards and metrics, transformation leaders are often left with... vibes? Stacey Taylor, Vice President of Implementation & Change at Visa, has cracked the code on measuring the "unmeasurable" in change initiatives. She shares their practical three-pillar framework connecting individual performance to organizational outcomes, using real examples from Agile and Gen AI rollouts. She

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00:28:16

When to Stop a Change Initiative: Navigating...

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2025/04/29

Are your stakeholders making or breaking your transformation efforts? Hardeep Kaur, Director of Business Transformation at Merck, shares her three-stage approach to stakeholder management that has driven successful change across her 25-year pharmaceutical industry career.Discover how to map stakeholders on an influence/impact matrix, create tailored engagement plans, and maintain alignment throughout the change journey. Hardeep reveals the telltale signs of stakeholder disengagement (like canceled

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00:23:39

Transformation Accelerators as Change Special Forces...

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2025/04/22

You may well be familiar with the stat that 70% of organizational changes fail. But what if you could build an internal "special forces" team that turns that statistic on its head?In this week's episode, Connie Klimko, Transformation Lead at Siemens Energy, explains how she's created a two-tiered system of change champions that has demonstrably improved productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction during major transformations.Connie shares the nuts and bolts of their

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00:34:30

Running Transformation Like a Marketing Campaign with...

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2025/04/15

If marketing is dating, change management is like a marriage that constantly needs some spice. In this conversation, Nellie speaks with Stacey Taylor, VP of Implementation and Change at Visa, about the glaringly obvious overlaps between marketing principles and successful organizational change. “Everyone says change is hard, but nobody says marketing is hard,” - despite both disciplines aiming to shift human behavior. Discover Stacey's ACT framework (Audience, Connect, Tune) that applies

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00:20:58

How to Get the C-Level Involvement Your...

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2025/04/08

"If you're not leading change, what are you leading?" In this week’s episode, Aric Wood, Tigerhall's Chief Strategy Officer, challenges us to move beyond change management to embrace change leadership as a C-suite imperative.With the average employee now facing 17-18 significant changes annually (compared to just 1-2 a decade ago), organizations that delegate transformation to siloed teams are setting themselves up for failure. The data is clear: when CEOs lead from the front,

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00:30:46

Why 80% of AI Initiatives Fail and How Change Leaders...

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2025/04/01

Here's a stat that might make you spit out your coffee: 80% of AI projects launched last year failed to deliver on their promises. Yikes! In this conversation that's refreshingly no nonsense, Nellie chats with Shankar Kalyana, CTO at Stantec, about why so many change leaders are struggling with AI implementation and what the successful 20% are doing differently.Shankar cuts through the AI hype with practical wisdom from someone who's actually made this stuff work. He shares why your team

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00:33:30

How Top Change Leaders Focus on the 20% That Actually...

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2025/03/25

We've all heard that phrase "work smarter, not harder." But has anyone actually told you what that means in practice? For those of us leading change and transformation, the gap between working ourselves to the bone and actually creating impact can feel frustratingly wide.This week, Nellie speaks to Chris Hirst, former Global CEO of Havas Creative, and author of ‘No Bullshit Change’, ‘No Bullshit Leadership’, and the upcoming ‘Indispensable: The No Bullshit Guide to Career Success’. Chris reveals a

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00:23:21

Workshopping Your Way to Leadership Alignment with...

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2025/03/18

Whenever change initiatives are being presented within senior leadership meetings, many times leaders nod enthusiastically, but privately harbor doubts about changes. After all, a comfortable lie is often easier than an uncomfortable truth, but this is why change initiatives often derail despite executive sponsorship.Join Barbara Roos (Director of Change Centre of Excellence at Intel Corporation) and Nellie Wartoft as Barbara reveals her secret weapon to combat this problem: a workshop that surfaces

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00:26:03

Why Personalization is the Missing Link in Change...

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2025/03/11

Nellie Wartoft and Aric Wood tackle a critical question: Why do we treat marketing with precision and personalization, but neglect these strategies in change communications? Discover how personalization, multi-channel engagement, and innovative technologies can revolutionize change campaigns in organizations. ----Connect with:Nellie WartoftCEO of TigerhallChair of the Executive Council for Leading Change (ECLC)nellie@tigerhall.com ----Breathe by RYGO |

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00:23:40

How to Organize Teams Into Action Around Change with...

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2025/03/04

Change is constant. But how do you turn it into action? Too often, leaders overcomplicate the process, losing engagement along the way. Join Greg and Nellie Wartoft as they break down how to get teams unstuck, the eight essential coaching questions that move people from idea to execution, and why real leadership means telling someone when they have spinach in their teeth. ----Connect with:Nellie WartoftCEO of TigerhallChair of the Executive Council for Leading Change (ECLC)nellie@tigerhall.com

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00:21:15

When the Change Itself is Changing with Farrar Frazee...

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2025/02/25

Change is ever-present, but how do leaders navigate when the change itself keeps changing? Join Nellie Wartoft and Farrar Frazee as they dive into the turbulent world of change management. Discover the personal and organizational strategies to handle continuous change, how to maintain credibility and trust, and why transparency and self-care are crucial for change leaders. ----Connect with:Nellie WartoftCEO of TigerhallChair of the Executive Council for Leading Change (ECLC)nellie@tigerhall.com

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00:21:36

The Human Side of Change Communications With Barbara...

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2025/02/18

Driving change in a large organization is like driving down a slippery road. You shouldn’t break (or brake) the news of a change all at once; instead, success comes from breaking the news gradually to different levels of your organization, allowing each level to intellectually and emotionally process the transformation before they face questions from their team. Join Barbara Roos (Director, Program, Acquisition & Change CoE - Intel Sales and Marketing Group, Intel) and Nellie Wartoft as they

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