Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, part of Marsh, has appointed Helen Leis to the newly created role of global head of leadership and change to guide clients through uncertainty and complex transformations.
Leis takes on the new role in addition to continuing as co-head of Americas M&A.
She will now work across practices to assess areas where leadership and change challenges may arise and help clients develop strategies and tools.
The company explains that currently, organizations are going through a period of rapid and often unpredictable change, including new technologies, changing economic conditions, and changing workforce expectations.
Against this backdrop, the company believes leaders must be able to adapt quickly, align the organization around new priorities, and translate strategy into sustained action.
The firm’s leadership and change work is designed to help organizations build the operating models and leadership skills they need to navigate complexity and turn disruption into opportunity.
Leis has more than thirty years of experience consulting organizations on complex transformation, integration and change programs across industries.
Nick Studer, President and CEO of Oliver Wyman, commented: “This role is critical to advancing the firm’s long-term efforts to embed transformational leadership and change management capabilities into all our work to drive greater alignment, collaboration and impact.
“Helen brings a unique combination of expertise, leadership and empathy to help clients overcome some of their toughest challenges in business.”
Rice added: “I’ve spent three decades working with leaders through mergers, crises and cultural transformations. Every transformation tests the limits of an organization and, with it, the limits of its leadership.
“Successful leaders are not those who avoid such tensions, but those who use such tensions to help their organizations grow. When this happens, change stops being destructive and begins to be a source of strength.”
