Carl Gerriets

About Carl Gerriets

In every situation, I’m focused on the future. I want to find ways we can do better and help people to get there.Throughout my career, I’ve always been focused on helping people and organizations transform. As a community college instructor, my focus was helping adults not only to learn challenging material and skills, but to have surprising and empowering experiences that would help them take control of their education. I also was a continual change agent for the college, launching two different peer mentoring programs and driving e-learning when it was just getting started. That passion for creating change led me to get my Prosci Change Practitioner certification, and then to pursue change management full-time.At PGE, I started as a change manager driving organizational changes in HR, operations, and IT. As the IT change lead, I worked with the new CIO to transform the organizational culture and approach to leadership. Currently as a manager I’ve been chosen to drive leadership alignment and change management for a technology project that will give operations a leap forward, delivering $19M in operational efficiency over the next 5 years.Whether designing workshops and retreats, developing strategic plans, or tackling difficult re-organization challenges, I’m most engaged when helping the people of an organization be ready to build a better future together.

Experience

1. Senior Change Manager

   The Nature Conservancy

   Sep 2023 — Present

   Proud to have been chosen to lead change management efforts for major projects with broad impact at TNC.* TNC Change Lead for ERP Workday Implementation - lead internal change team and partner with system implementer and program leaders to design and execute change strategy.* Driving improved change maturity throughout the organization by analyzing current state and developing roadmap for improvements in skill, structure, and culture to create a more change-capable organization.* Coaching project managers and leaders on effective change management for projects with global impact.

Education

• University of Louisville

  Master's degree, English

  1994 — 1996

• Emporia State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), English

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Employee Engagement
• Needs Assessment
• Stakeholder Messaging
• Strategic Planning
• University Teaching
• Wrongology
• Public Speaking
• Mentoring
• Vision
• Research
• Organizational Development
• Creativity
• Program Development
• Data Analysis
• Adult Education
• Data Reporting
• Teaching
• Staff Development
• Innovation
• Gamification
• Communication
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Training
• Editing
• E-Learning
• Community Outreach
• Change Management
• Storytelling
• Workshop Facilitation
• Instructional Design
• Higher Education
• Project Management
• Student Affairs
• Curriculum Design
• Leadership
• Lgbtqia Ally
• Courses
• Curriculum Development