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Neal Woolrich
Director, Advisory
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Learning and Development
- CEO and Board
- HR Function Strategy and Management
- Change Management
- Leader and Manager Effectiveness
- CHRO Effectiveness
Speaker Bio
Neal Woolrich is an Advisor in the Gartner Human Resources group based in Melbourne, Australia. He is an expert advisor in Employee Experience, covering Culture, Engagement, Employment Value Proposition, and Remote and Hybrid Work models.
He also covers Organization Design, Organization Effectiveness and Change Management.
Mr. Woolrich was previously a Director of the Gartner International CFO and HR Directors Forums from 2016 to 2020, where he was responsible for curating and producing the annual calendar of events for both forums, sourcing speakers and subject material relevant to the key initiatives of each forum's member companies. In the role of Program Director, he acted as presenter and facilitator at Forum events.
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He also covers Organization Design, Organization Effectiveness and Change Management.
Mr. Woolrich was previously a Director of the Gartner International CFO and HR Directors Forums from 2016 to 2020, where he was responsible for curating and producing the annual calendar of events for both forums, sourcing speakers and subject material relevant to the key initiatives of each forum's member companies. In the role of Program Director, he acted as presenter and facilitator at Forum events.
Sessions
Monday, 17 November, 2025 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM AEDT
Gartner Opening Keynote: Transforming How Work Gets Done – HR's New Domain in the AI Era
Katie Sutherland,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
Neal Woolrich,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
CEOs plan to fuel the next wave of growth by taking cost out of the business, reinvesting in growth areas, and capitalizing on AI. Achieving this vision will require transforming how work gets done across the enterprise. Join us to learn how HR can become an enterprise leader of the change that lies ahead by expanding from its traditional focus on the workforce to how work itself must change.
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Monday, 17 November, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AEDT
How to Build Change Readiness in the Era of Never-Ending Change
Neal Woolrich,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
Today, employees must absorb and adopt an onslaught of organizational change. But only 43% of leaders agree that employees can do so without experiencing undue stress. This session will help CHROs and their teams support leaders to develop employees’ skills to overcome common stressful barriers to change adoption increasing overall change success.
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Tuesday, 18 November, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AEDT
Bridging the Information Gap: Successful Executive Change Communication
Neal Woolrich,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
Over half of CHROs agree their change communication fails to engage employees. This starts right from the top, with leaders often being ill-equipped to lead, motivate and drive critical business transformation. This session will discuss how HR can support enterprise leadership to improve change-readiness and performance by channeling change communication to what really motivates employees.
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Tuesday, 18 November, 2025 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM AEDT
Who Are The Successful Change Leaders of Today?
Neal Woolrich,
Director, Advisory, Gartner
Between CEO ambitions for transformation and growth and external disruptions, organizations need great change leadership to succeed. Join this session to learn what capabilities are critical to successful change leadership in today's environment and how the best organizations are developing successful change leaders.
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