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Neal Woolrich
Director, Advisory
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Change Management
- Leader and Manager 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
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
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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Wednesday, October 29, 2025 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM EDT
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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