Interim Change Leadership brochure

Interim Change Leadership

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Interim Change Leadership brochure

When a key Change Management role is open, transformation shouldn’t have to wait. Zinata steps in immediately — maintaining momentum, protecting your timeline, and setting your permanent hire up for success.

    The offering

    Zinata provides experienced, ready-to-deploy change leadership for organizations navigating transformation while a permanent Change Management role is being filled. We integrate with your existing program — owning strategy, readiness, executive alignment, communications, and adoption execution. Your incoming hire steps into a program that’s organized, documented, and already moving.

    What sets us apart

    • Right-sized support — from a single expert to a full senior team, matched to your situation.
    • Immediate availability — we engage quickly and integrate with your existing program structure.
    • Built for transitions — your incoming Change Leader steps into a clear, organizationally ready program.

    Backed by deep operational experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise systems — and an approach built to leave lasting capability behind, not just a finished project.

    Selected impact

    Our team has maintained momentum through leadership transitions across complex, multi-site manufacturing and enterprise system environments.

    • Mid-transition gapStepped in during an active ERP rollout to keep go-live on track.

    • Post go-live adoption riskAccelerated frontline adoption when usage lagged after go-live.
    • Multi-stakeholder alignment — Bridged leadership, operations, and technology on a stalled transformation program.

    The Change Leadership team

    Tracy Kosiarek: Change & Transformation Leader

    Dawn Garibaldi: Executive Leader & Coach

    Randal Burroughs: Program Leadership

    Brianna Sawant: Change Execution

    Carol Guttzeit: Executive Coach & Change Advisory

    Core capabilities

    • Enterprise Change Strategy & ExecutionPlanning and delivery that keeps transformation aligned with business goals.
    • Organizational Readiness & Impact AssessmentsIdentifying what’s needed to move forward successfully.
    • Communications & Stakeholder EngagementClear messaging and leadership alignment that build understanding and buy-in.
    • Training Strategy, Development & DeliveryEquipping teams to adopt new ways of working.
    • Enterprise Systems & Digital Transformation(ERP, APS, WMS, PLM) Guiding change through major systems implementations.

    Engagement models

    • Embedded Interim Change LeadershipA dedicated leader integrated into your program, owning execution while a permanent hire is in progress.
    • Fractional Change Leadership & AdvisorySenior-level guidance on a part-time basis, sized to fit your program’s needs.
    • Enterprise Readiness & Adoption SupportFocused support to prepare the organization and sustain adoption after go-live.
    • Executive Coaching & Change EnablementOne-on-one coaching that builds leaders’ capability to drive and sustain change.

    Collective industry experience

    • Manufacturing
    • Consumer Products
    • Supply Chain & Logistics
    • Technology

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