You have been invited to meet with the CEO of a large national Health Care provider regarding a majo

You have been invited to meet with the CEO of a large national Health Care provider regarding a major change initiative. You meet with the CEO.

The CEO advises that her company is in the process of acquiring a major competitor and the integration of the two companies will require significant change for the company. She advises that she does not have the internal expertise to manage such a change and is in the process of interviewing external consultants to be engaged to develop a change plan and work closely with her leadership team to implement the change. She states that she has heard of several change models from several consultants but they all sound very complicated and time consuming. She says that she needs something that people can understand and that will work both effectively and quickly. She says, “Frankly I don’t have time for a bunch of HR mumbo jumbo, I need to be able to move quickly and be very successful in the changes”.

Additionally she states that she believes her greatest challenge is getting her senior leadership team to agree and get aligned on the needed changes. She asks you to explain the change process you would use for such an engagement and why you believe your approach will achieve success. She states, “and I think most critical is how to get buy-in from my senior leadership”

You have 30 minutes to provide her with a comprehensive overview and one that will give her a high level of confidence that you and your team could deliver on her needs. Explain how you will approach this challenge in responding to her request.