906: Engage to Change: Employee Engagement Drives Organizational Change

Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 1:15pm to 2:30pm
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Build the capability for change on an organizational level to help your large-scale transformation initiatives succeed.

It is widely known that the majority of large-scale change or transformation projects fail or under-deliver. Your organization can buck this trend. Statistically, employee engagement is the best predictor of an employee’s ability to change, but critical elements must be in place within the organization to support and foster change. Find out what these elements are and learn how to implement them into your organization.

Presenter: 
Kevin Weitz, Organization Change Management Practice Director, Merit Resource Group

Kevin Weitz is a seasoned change management leader with more than 20 years of experience in leading and managing large-scale change projects with companies like Chevron, Levi Strauss & Co., Pacific Gas & Electric and Wells Fargo Bank. He has global experience managing multinational projects in the U.S., Latin America, Kazakhstan and South Africa. Kevin has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from U.S. International University in San Diego, a Master of Arts degree from San Diego State University, and Honors and Master of Commerce degrees from the University of South Africa.

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