Deborah Cole

About Deborah Cole

Experienced organizational transformation and strategic change management leader with a demonstrated history of driving successful complex global transformations for Fortune 500 companies. Passionate about managing the human side of transformational change as well as mentoring and coaching junior change practitioners. Help organizations achieve their strategic objectives through a clear articulation of the change imperative, assessing stakeholder needs and change impacts, measuring adoption readiness, communicating and engaging stakeholders and training and preparing stakeholders for their new ways of working using learning in the flow and other innovative approaches to drive adoption and minimize disruption. Key skill sets include- Change Management – Change imperative, stakeholder assessments, leadership alignment, change impact assessments, change mitigations, change readiness assessments, stakeholder engagement plans and execution, change networks, communication planning and execution, Go-Live readiness guides, hyper care support- Mergers & Acquisitions - Integration Management Office set up, synergy capture, cultural integration, employee experience, communications, merger integration playbook creation, skills evaluation, benefits harmonization, headcount rationalization, transaction service agreement management and exit planning, risk management, change management- Program Management - Problem solving, critical thinking, project management, communications, conflict resolution, agile management, facilitation, goal-setting- Cultural Alignment - Cross-cultural communications, cultural markers, reinforcing behaviors, role modeling- Learning - Training strategy and needs assessment, digital adoption platforms, train the trainer sessions, facilitation.

Experience

1. Communications and Adoption Leader

   Alcon

   Jul 2023 — Present · Fort Worth, TX, US

Education

• Santa Clara University

  MBA, Finance/Economics

• Santa Clara University

  BS, Political Science

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Management
• Management Consulting
• Start-Ups
• Business Planning
• Strategy
• Program Management
• Business Development
• Business Intelligence
• Integration
• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement
• Project Management
• IT Strategy
• Business Transformation
• Change Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Organizational Development
• Business Strategy
• Leadership