Change Management & Organizational Consulting
PeopleFirm, a people-focused consultancy, engaged Pamela as an independent consultant to support them in helping the Gates Foundation’s Finance & Strategy group implement a new organizational model.
Project Synopsis
This several-month project included designing and operationalizing a new organizational model. Change readiness, program management, and alignment with global redesign efforts were also in scope and critical to success.
Client
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Team
PeopleFirm
Pamela Saari
Pamela Saari
Key Components
- Collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer and senior leadership team
- Creation of key role descriptions, including KPIs
- Communications and change management activities
- Assessment of operational impacts on systems and processes
- Alignment with global redesign activities and stakeholders
- Collaboration and alignment across the foundation
Impacts
- Lead roles vetted by foundation key stakeholders
- Finalized job descriptions, including validated RACI
- Finalized functional and role based org charts
- Executive talking points on the new model
- Leader engagement and stakeholder communications plans
- Scenario vignettes with prescriptive solutions
- Integration with global redesign and legal teams