Organizational change management

Last updated on November 4, 2025

What can you expect when you add an Organizational Change Manager (OCM) from the Portfolio & Project Management Office to your project?

A professional who is:

  • Skilled in guiding people through change
  • Focused on adoption, engagement, and long-term success
  • Experienced in communication, training, and stakeholder alignment
  • A partner in building resilient, change-ready teams
  • Applies structured change management methodologies (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter, Lewin)
  • Aligns people, processes, and technology for sustainable adoption

We do this by:

  • Assessing change impacts across people, processes, and technology
  • Conducting change readiness and impact assessments
  • Identifying and addressing change barriers and saturation points
  • Developing and executing communication and engagement strategies
  • Creating training and support materials tailored to your audience
  • Facilitating stakeholder alignment and readiness
  • Integrating change activities into project plans and timelines
  • Facilitating stakeholder interviews, focus groups, and surveys to gather insights
  • Measuring adoption and adjusting strategies as needed

Benefits

  • Higher adoption and sustained use of new systems and processes
  • Reduced resistance and increased stakeholder engagement
  • Alignment between leadership, teams, and impacted groups
  • Alignment between leadership, teams, and impacted groups
  • Clear, consistent communication throughout the change
  • Metrics to track adoption and success over time
  • Improved readiness and capability for future changes
  • A smoother transition with fewer disruptions

Getting started

What can we do for you? Please share a brief description of your organizational change needs.

Pricing

Pricing varies per engagement. No project is too large or too small. Contact us for an estimate or proposal.

Available to

  • Administrators
  • Departments
  • Faculty
  • Instructors
  • IT staff
  • Managers
  • Researchers
  • Staff
  • UW-Madison and Universities of Wisconsin Campus Staff

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