Change Management and Transformation Conference 2024

Navigating the evolving landscape of change management and transformation: Embracing innovative strategies to excel in today’s dynamic business environment.

Overview

Change management in today’s evolving workplace is more crucial than ever. With rapid technological advancements, shifting market demands, and changing employee expectations, organisations must adapt quickly and effectively. Traditional top-down approaches to change management can no longer address these complexities. Instead, organisations are increasingly adopting agile and collaborative strategies to navigate the current workplace dynamics, driving meaningful change and transformation.

A key element of successful change management is recognising the human element as a catalyst for transformation. Digital transformation initiatives are reshaping how we work, collaborate, and communicate. Change management efforts must align with these advancements to ensure employees have the skills, tools, and support to leverage new technologies effectively.

The Change Management and Transformation Conference provides a platform for professionals to stay informed about the latest innovations, challenges, and best practices in change management and organisational transformation. Attendees will gain valuable insights from industry experts, thought leaders, and practitioners on AI integration, digital transformation, agile methodologies, and behavioural science techniques.

Conference Highlights:

Continuous Striving Towards Efficiency: Learn how change management strategies facilitate collaboration, foster trust, and create opportunities for co-creation and co-leadership.
Impact of AI: Understand the effects of artificial intelligence on business processes and how change management can ensure smooth AI adoption.
New Tools and Techniques: Acquire skills and techniques to keep employees as active participants who must be engaged, empowered, and supported throughout the change process
Change Fatigue: Promote resilience and agility to help employees see change as an opportunity for growth, reducing change fatigue.
Virtual Change Management: Explore best practices to integrate technology effectively, fostering a culture of continuous learning and adaptability.

Whether you are an experienced change management practitioner or new to the field, this conference equips you with the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to lead successful change initiatives. Join us to connect with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and gain practical solutions to drive meaningful transformation in your work.

Benefits of Attending:

• Learn to balance people, processes, technology, and culture to achieve desired outcomes.
• Promote resilience and agility, enabling employees to embrace change as an opportunity for growth and development rather than a transformation.
• Adopt principles to empower employees to take ownership of change initiatives and drive innovation.
• Foster a culture of decentralised decision-making, continuous learning, and adaptability.

Don’t miss this opportunity to update your organisation’s approach to change management by gaining cutting-edge insights and strategies from industry leaders.

Confirmed Speakers

• Vela Hlatshwayo, Senior Manager: Change Management, South African Reserve Bank
• Faaizah Wadee, Head of Change Management, Liberty
• Marlize van Wyk, Change Manager, Weir Minerals
• Lerato Thelejane, Executive: Business Change Enablement & COE, Absa
• Carmine Nieman, Lecturer, Organisational Development and Employee Well-Being Specialist, University of Free State
• Natalie Dawson, Change & Culture Manager, Independent Consultant
• Molebogeng Monagane, Senior Change Management Consultant, BCX
• Sonja Blignaut, Founder & CEO, More Beyond
• Taryn Marcus, Co-Founder, Reinvent CoLab
• Bernadine Sprighton, CEO, Ceed Learning
  
• Jackie Kennedy, Founder, LeadMe Academy
• Zandile Njilo, CEO & Co-Founder, PDD Innovation
• Caroline Potter, Director, Capital Change
• Samantha Sparkes, Senior Specialist Change & Communication, Sasol
  
• Florence Chikowore, Culture and Change Management Specialist, Floconsult
• Devaksha Christopher, Organisational Effectiveness Executive, Old Mutual
• Chantelle Van Den Heever, Chief of Operations at VSLS
• Claire Holden, Co-founder, Reinvent Colab

Registration Fees:

Registration fees exclude VAT.
Registration fees include refreshments, lunch and a copy of the speaker slides.

24 – 25 July 2024 • In-Person registration fee R9 900.00