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Driving Change Readiness for Strategic Transformation through Uncertainty
Project Overview
Project Overview
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A global energy consulting firm was preparing for a major business transformation. Organizational restructuring, market pressures and changes in senior leadership made it essential to reset the company, streamline operations, renew its focus on core consulting capabilities and restore profitability for its workforce of more than 1,000 people.
Our initial discovery showed that the company had reached a critical point. It retained substantial capability and strong pride in its technical expertise, while employees and leaders were experiencing clear signs of fragmentation, change fatigue and uncertainty.
As the organization’s strategic change partner, Afiniti was brought in to convert the 2027 strategy into specific, executable plans that aligned leaders, involved employees and restored trust throughout the business. The engagement also needed to establish shared direction among senior leaders, bring employees through the transformation and strengthen the culture required for sustainable long-term growth.
During the engagement, an unexpected and business-critical CEO transition changed the immediate priorities. Afiniti adjusted the scope of its work to preserve continuity, align the leadership team and provide stability at a decisive stage.
Our Solution
Our Solution
We partnered closely with the leadership team and adapted the work as business conditions changed. We:
Completed 12 detailed leadership interviews and facilitated working sessions to evaluate change readiness and pinpoint the most important obstacles and opportunities.
Consolidated the findings in a Discovery Report organized around the 6 Change LeversTM, showing where focused action could speed adoption and renew confidence.
Developed the change narrative with the client, translating the strategic direction into clear, unifying messages that leaders could deliver consistently and with confidence.
Created an evolving Leader Toolkit, reinforced through coaching, to prepare leaders to model the change, strengthen confidence and involve their teams.
Led stakeholder working sessions to develop a practical, prioritized strategic roadmap for the transformation and connect it with the broader change agenda.
The Difference We Made
The Difference We Made
“The Afiniti team are very easy to engage with, and they give confidence in their expertise as business change specialists.”
CEO
Established executive alignment and greater visibility, giving more than 10 executive and VP leaders a common narrative, clear accountabilities and a practical framework for guiding the organization through change.
Created space for candid conversations about change readiness, bringing material risks and opportunities into view and grounding leadership decisions in evidence.
Converted findings into an executable plan, with focused recommendations and a business change plan tied directly to the client’s transformation roadmap.
Helped restore trust and confidence by showing employees that the transformation was being led deliberately and that workforce needs were built into the process. This was reflected in a 70% engagement rate and improved results in company-wide surveys.
Provided continuity through a complex CEO transition, sustaining momentum and keeping the transformation agenda coordinated.
Established a strong platform for executing the transformation strategy, shaping the incoming CEO’s roadmap and supporting a lasting, constructive shift in culture.
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