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Change Management Consulting – Transform Your Business Seamlessly

Successfully lead your organization through change initiatives with Toptal’s Change Management Consulting. Our team will align your transformation with your strategic business goals, minimize operational disruption, maintain business continuity, and implement strategies to reengage employees during and after the transformation.

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Clients Served

25,000+

Vetted Professionals

20,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

64,000+

Industries Served

300+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS AND STARTUPS

Our Services

Toptal Change Management Consulting Services

Navigate complex business transformations with Toptal’s Change Management Consulting services. Our team of skilled consultants will guide your organization through seamless transitions, keeping everyone aligned and on board with a sound strategy and smooth implementation.

Change Management Strategy and Planning

Achieve successful business outcomes with a change management strategy that minimizes disruptions and engages stakeholders.

Digital Transformation Consulting

Implement digital transformation strategies to modernize operations and align technology investments with business priorities.

Employee Reengagement Initiatives

Reengage employees at all organizational levels to drive alignment and achieve successful business outcomes.

Agile Change Management Solutions

Adopt Agile change management consulting to help your business adapt swiftly to evolving challenges and business priorities.

Cultural Transformation Consulting

Facilitate cultural change that aligns with business strategy, creating an adaptive and resilient business environment.

Mergers and Acquisitions Change Management

Guide organizational change management during mergers, facilitating smooth transitions and meeting project objectives.

Leadership and Talent Development for Change

Equip business leaders with interpersonal skills and change management experience to lead through organizational change.

Organizational Culture Assessment

Evaluate your company’s culture to identify gaps, align behaviors with business goals, and drive effective change.

Resistance Management

Address and overcome stakeholder resistance with targeted strategies that promote buy-in and smooth transitions.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation

Manage ERP system changes with our expertise in enabling seamless technology adoption.

Change Management Office Setup

Establish a dedicated change management office to oversee enterprise change management strategy and meet project objectives.

Post-transformation Assessment

Measure change management success over time, gaining valuable insights to refine future business transformation efforts.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Change Management Consulting Services

Our change management consultants, with experience at leading companies, develop tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands, generating sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team assesses your business challenges, identifies opportunities, and recommends the most suitable engagement model.

Define

A Toptal leader will work with you to define your goals and service needs – from full end-to-end delivery to consulting services.

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether it’s developing a comprehensive organizational change strategy or executing a new technology adoption plan.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Michael Valocchi

GM of Management Consulting

Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years of experience running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He has focused his career on building consulting practices and advising clients on business, financial, and technology challenges, as well as leading business transformations for clients in a variety of industries.Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He is also a guest lecturer at Columbia and Baruch universities.

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Change Management Consulting Services That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading change management consulting services through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

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End-to-end project delivery per your specific requirements.

GM of Management Consulting

Delivery Manager

Change Management & Transformation Consultant

Change Management Consultant

Management Consulting Expert

Change Management Consultant

Michael Valocchi

GM of Management Consulting

Michael is a senior executive with more than 35 years running strategic consulting practices at IBM, PwC, and, most recently, as Head of Consulting for the Americas at Cognizant. He has focused his career on building consulting practices and advising clients on business, financial, and technology challenges, as well as leading business transformations for clients in a variety of industries.

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Experience

35+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

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Experience

9+ Years

Aishwarya Jayal

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Change Management & Transformation Consultant

Aishwarya is an SPJIMR and Cornell exchange MBA graduate in finance with 13+ years of experience in strategy, business planning, and financial services. She has collaboratively built an early-stage startup from scratch, worked with industry leaders like Deloitte, and is adept in financial modeling, asset optimization, and business transformations. Aishwarya appreciates the opportunity to work remotely with passionate entrepreneurs and management teams to unlock growth in their organizations.

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Marita Castro

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Marita is a senior executive with more than 13 years of experience in human resources and operations. She has led change management projects impacting businesses in the financial, retail, manufacturing, and automotive sectors, and performed recruitment, selection, salary analysis, career path development, and work environment examination. Marita holds a bachelor’s degree in services administration, an international MBA, and has done postgraduate studies in human management.

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Carlo Palmieri

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

27+ Years

of Experience

Management Consulting Expert

A Wharton MBA graduate, Carlo has led transactions on $10 billion worth of LBO and growth capital deals. He’s worked in investment banking, M&A (Deutsche Bank), management consulting (Bain & Company, Oliver Wyman), and corporate development (Lehman Brothers). Carlo leverages his skills in corporate finance, business strategy, and international business development to help companies scale and deliver value for their investors.

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Serhiy P. Bulat

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

20+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Serhiy is a management consultant with more than 20 years of experience managing large organizations and working with international companies such as P&G, Deloitte, Lafarge, Alexander Proudfoot, and USAID. Specializing in world-class management practices, Lean Six Sigma systems implementation, complex operations optimization, performance and profit enhancement, cost reduction, troubleshooting, crisis and change management, Serhiy is willing to share his experience to help businesses grow.

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Rich Adams

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

26+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients’ business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has more than 26 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 100 companies like Kroger, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.

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Francine Baroni Fernandes

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

7+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Francine is a passionate professional with more than seven years of experience as a change management consultant. Her work has supported huge multinational companies to achieve new or improved business results through technology and organizational development. Francine focuses on assisting clients with their transformation and change management projects and programs.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

20,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Change Management Project Manager

Sales Effectiveness Consultant

Change Management Consultant

Operations Consultant

Strategy & Operations Consultant

Digital Transformation Consultant

Management Consulting Expert

Change Management Consultant

Management Consulting Expert

Verified Expert in Project Management

34+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Project Manager

Alan is an international insurance digital transformation strategist and implementer, currently based in the US. He has helped some of the world’s largest insurers figure out how to respond to new technologies and changing customer demands—to the benefit of both their customers and themselves. Alan has delivered in multiple roles as a program director, change director, program manager, project manager, and Scrum master.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

31+ Years

of Experience

Sales Effectiveness Consultant

Nuno has worked for more than 31 years in consumer packaged goods at Unilever and B2B at the Navigator Company. In 2020, he started working as an independent consultant, often managing McKinsey & Company and Eurogroup Consulting transformation teams or doing freelance work. With his skills and expertise, Nuno will be a great addition to any team.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

18+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million reduction in working capital at CRH Plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

30+ Years

of Experience

Operations Consultant

Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with more than 30 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big 5 management consultant. He has led three company turnarounds, including one for a $500 million multinational firm, growing revenue by 28% and increasing profitability by 21% within two years. Leveraging his experience with companies of all sizes and across industries, Rick is willing to start delivering value and results in new projects.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

13+ Years

of Experience

Strategy and Operations Consultant

A Brown graduate with an MBA from Emory, Ruyi has more than 13 years of tier 1 consulting experience across strategy, transformation, and M&A in Australia and the US. She has developed a GTM strategy for Origin.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

20+ Years

of Experience

Digital Transformation Consultant

Asa launched her consulting practice after a 20-year global career as a CX (customer experience) practitioner and executive leader within CX design for big corporations like Publicis Sapient, Ikea, du, Pandora, and Bang & Olufsen. She led large and complex CX transformations and helped multiple brands improve their whole CX journey to reach their business goals. Her deep expertise in data-led CX innovation and UX strategies made her want to become independent.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

15+ Years

of Experience

Management Consulting Expert

Jessie is an experienced growth strategist in international education and purpose-led startups who excels in APAC market development and operational management. She has the ability to connect Western best practices with Eastern cultural norms, fostering innovation and a growth mindset. Jessie is driven by continuous learning and the idea of co-creating a just world through commerce.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Management Consulting

28+ Years

of Experience

Change Management Consultant

Neel is a finance leader and change agent with 28+ years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of more than $100 million, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.

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Verified Expert in Management Consulting

14+ Years

of Experience

Management Consulting Expert

Reid partners with executives to quickly uncover new value by transforming their operating models and organizations. In his decade of experience at two of the largest international consulting firms, he has worked with CEOs, CFOs, and CHROs on operating model and organizational assessments, organizational redesigns, shared services transitions, and digital transformations. Reid has helped executives identify more than $350 million in cost savings and more than $600 million in revenue uplift.

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Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

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Why organizations choose us

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy with the global Toptal network.

Toptal strategy consultants enable Fortune 100 client to transform into world-class product organization.

Challenge: A global commercial real estate company faced a significant organizational effectiveness challenge. The combination of making a series of acquisitions and an outdated organizational design was inhibiting growth and increasing internal inefficiencies.

Solution: Toptal introduced a team of seasoned consultants and industry leaders who were able to quickly understand the client’s challenges, identify areas to reduce costs, and bring their expertise to bear to rapidly design a new, agile target operating model (TOM).

Outcome: The new TOM provided much-needed flexibility to the organization, while driving cross-functional collaboration across product, sales, delivery, and service teams. Efficiencies gained by implementing the new TOM drove efficiency gains of up to 35%, improved employee engagement, and enabled industry-leading customer experiences.

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Change management is critical to project success. Studies report that about three-quarters of change efforts flop if they are not managed well. This guide to change management for project managers will help you get it right.

Alan David Walker

Verified Expert in Project Management

30 Years of Experience

Alan is a project manager and consultant who specializes in digital transformation for the insurance sector. He has advised CEOs and other C-suite executives at large international insurers and consultancies on change management, strategy, and implementation. Previous positions include vice president at Hitachi Consulting and partner roles at Unisys and EY.

Expertise

Program Management Scrum Project Management

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