Consulting

Change management for your system go-live

There are two ways to work with me:

  1. The Change Starter Pack. 3 months of value in 3 weeks. Fixed Price.
  2. Fractional Change Management, where you have an expert change manager on call until your new system adoption is paying off.
Services

Two ways to work with me

Fixed price  ·  Three weeks Start here

Change Starter Pack

Three months of value in three weeks. You get the whole change picture: who is affected, what changes for them, which roles need training and what still has to be decided, in your branding and ready for your steering committee. It takes six hours of your team’s time, at a fixed price with nothing to scope.

Ideal for: CIOs and senior leaders with a system going live who would like senior change thinking on it without hiring a change manager.

Example of value

On one national rollout the project had 350 people in scope, and when I started talking to stakeholders I found 700 people used that system. That is 350 people whose work would have stopped.

3 weeksDuration
$7,500 + GSTFixed price
6 hoursOf your team’s time
You give me
  • Something that describes the solution
  • A timeline with your go-live date
  • An org chart or a list of the teams affected
  • Four people for a 30 minute chat each
Other documents that help
  • Interface or integration requirements
  • A stakeholder list
  • Data migration or reporting scope
  • As-is process flows or current process documents
  • The business case or benefits slide
  • Your branding or a deck you like the look of
  • Any comms already sent
I give you
  • Change on a page, ready for your steering committee
  • From/to change impact analysis, every process or area that changes and who is affected
  • Training recommendations on one page, which roles need training, on what, and by when
  • Comms recommendations on one page, who needs to hear what, from whom, and when
How it works
1
Book a call. You tell me what documents you have and I’ll tell you if you’re ready or what to gather first.
2
Kickoff call, 60 minutes.
3
You send your documents and book four 30 minute interviews with people close to the project.
4
I build your pack.
5
Playback session, 60 minutes, followed by one round of changes.
Consulting  ·  Ongoing

Fractional Change Management

Senior change leadership embedded in your project on a flexible, part-time basis.

Ideal for: Organisations mid-rollout who need senior change leadership without a full-time hire, project sponsors who can see the people side is at risk, and leaders rolling out AI who want their people using it.

Availability Limited availability

Independent from your tech provider, trusted by your exec team, and focused on the one thing that determines whether your rollout lands: your people. I use my own AI powered toolkit so you get insights faster.

What’s included
  • Embedded fractional support, typically 1–2 days per week
  • Rapid change risk assessment and readiness diagnostics
  • Stakeholder mapping and executive alignment
  • Change strategy, communications planning and messaging
  • Independent executive advisory and sponsor coaching
  • Resistance identification and response planning
  • Go-live preparation and post-live adoption checkpoints
How it works

Every engagement follows my five step change methodology, built across 20 years and 50+ technology projects: vision and success criteria, deep-dive analysis, planning, change networks, and adoption.

1
Rapid Assessment
A fast diagnostic of your project’s change risk profile: teams, leaders, resistance signals, and readiness gaps. Completed in week one.
2
Change Strategy
A plan built around your people, covering stakeholder priorities, communication sequencing, engagement approach and risk mitigations.
3
Embedded Delivery
Ongoing embedded support: steering committee attendance, leader coaching, communications, workshops, and real-time resistance response.
4
Adoption Checkpoint
A review after go-live of what your people have adopted and what needs to happen next to protect your technology investment.
Engagement model

Flexible part-time basis. Remote or on-site. Typically 3–9 months, scoped to your project timeline. More cost-effective than a full-time hire for projects under 12 months.

Scoped to your project, contact for a quote
Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a change manager if I already have a project manager?

Yes. A project manager manages scope, budget and timeline. A change manager manages people’s readiness to adopt what the project delivers. Both are needed, and they are solving different problems. A project that is on time and on budget still fails if people do not use the system.

Prosci’s benchmarking research found that 88% of projects with excellent change management met or exceeded their objectives, against 13% of those where it was done poorly. Organisations keep investing in better project management without investing in the people side, and those are separate disciplines.

How much does it cost?

The Change Starter Pack is fixed at $7,500 + GST. Fractional engagements are scoped per project, and most run 3 to 9 months at one or two days per week. For organisations under 12 months from go-live, fractional support is almost always more cost-effective than a full-time hire.

The best starting point is a call. Scope and budget usually become clear quickly.

Can you work alongside our technology provider?

Yes, and this is often the most effective model. Tech providers handle the system configuration, integration and technical training. I handle the people side: resistance, readiness, communications and adoption. The two roles are complementary, not overlapping.

Many technology providers bring me in specifically because their clients need human-side support that goes beyond what the provider is scoped to deliver. If you are a tech provider whose clients are struggling with adoption, get in touch.

We’re already live. Is it too late?

No. Post go-live resistance and low adoption are common, and fixable. The key is understanding what is actually blocking adoption, which is usually not what people say it is, and then addressing it with the right intervention.

The earlier you act the better, but too late would mean the organisation has already written off the investment. Most haven’t.

What if my team is already resistant?

That’s often the best time to bring in independent change support. Resistance always has a root cause, and it’s usually fixable once you name it directly. The most common causes are insufficient certainty about what’s changing, no perceived voice in the process, and fear about job impact that nobody’s addressed head-on.

An independent change manager can say things that project sponsors and line managers can’t, because they’re not inside the power dynamic. That independence is often what breaks a logjam.

How is AI change management different from standard change management?

The psychology is the same. What’s different is the specific resistance patterns that AI triggers, particularly around job security, identity and trust in the technology. People aren’t just learning a new system. They’re wondering whether the technology is going to replace them, and nobody is addressing that directly.

The messaging that works for a Salesforce rollout will not work for an AI rollout. AI literacy needs to be human-centred, not technical. The change strategy needs to actively address the job security signal before it becomes blanket resistance.

Where to next

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