Association of Change Management Professionals Global Conference

	Krzysztof Ogonowski President of the Board, BPI Polska - BPI Group
Presentation:
Level: Experienced Topic Area: Best Practices, How-to, Case Study
"Against All Odds: Managing Change in Polish Post-Communist Power Generation Companies" Since 1989 Poland has been going through rapid economic transformation. Power generation is a good example of traditional business that has to be more customer and efficiency-focused. It means that over 150,000 employees, with an average age of 48 and industry experience of over 20 years are expected to act, work and take decisions in a completely different way. At the same time, little incentive to change exist. Companies are in relatively comfortable financial position and status quo for employees is strengthened by 5-10 year job guarantees. An average industry salary is almost 2 times higher than Polish average. Once new CEO arrives with the mission to turn such fossilized organization upside-down he needs to be persistent and careful, facing several dilemmas accompanying the transformation. The presentation will highlight the dilemmas as well as give examples of solutions applied to make things happen. Lessons learned come from real-life cases of transformation of Polish power generation companies. Key Takeaways: How to justify need for change when company is in a comfortable situation? How to build a "critical mass" of people, who would support painful and deep changes in the place they've been ever working and find change leaders among them? What are key roles and duties of the new CEO introducing change in complacent environment? What makes successful change in fossilized organization?
Biography:
Krzysztof Ogonowski is President of BPI Poland, a part of BPI Group, global management and HR consulting firm dedicated to driving change. His consulting experience comes from projects of implementing major changes and organizational transformation in biggest companies operating in Poland in industries such as power generation, telecommunication, banking and media. He has over 15 years of training experience and academic experience at Warsaw School of Economics in Project Management, Change Management and leadership development. Founding member of ACMP, member of PMI and IPMA, ICC coach. Certified PROSCI Trainer in Change Management.
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