Build the skills you need to enact transformational change
From new regulations to the latest educational technology, education is constantly changing.
While any change comes with uncertainty and resistance, it’s also an opportunity. Your institution can use both voluntary and compulsory change to provide new solutions for staff, increase effectiveness and ultimately improve the impact you have on your students and community. But achieving those lasting, positive outcomes, starts with how you’re leading change.
Wipfli offers support for change management in education that’s designed to help your staff overcome fatigue and build resilience.
Why Wipfli
With a dedicated team including former educators, we’ve experienced the same challenges you face when navigating change.
Our approach focuses on building change resilience in your leaders and staff for initiatives of any size. We deliver practical advice, knowledgeable support and promising practices to each engagement so that you can master your current and future changes.
How we help
Build a more change-resilient organization with Wipfli.
Our team helps support staff across your organization, including board members, administrators and teachers, so that they can navigate change effectively. We can give them the skills they need to mitigate change fatigue and approach new initiatives with confidence by providing:
- Proven change management frameworks.
- Implementation training and support.
- Ongoing coaching for staff at all levels of your educational institution.
Whether you’re facing a procedural or cultural shift, reorganization or major software implementation, Wipfli can help your institution implement changes effectively.
Our change management services provide support for:
- Minimizing disruption by anticipating and addressing complex cultural issues and resistance.
- Creating a proactive communication plan to keep staff engaged and effectively communicate about new processes, solutions and procedures.
- Implementing strategies for technology transition that help you train effectively, address resistance and communicate about changes and benefits..
Achieve better outcomes from your initiatives and investments with Wipfli’s project management support. We can help guide you in all areas of project implementation, including:
- Communicating effectively.
- Identifying critical tasks and task prioritization.
- Budgeting.
- Maintaining alignment.
Our team
Deron J. Kling
Deron Kling is an experienced consultant and leader focused on helping Wipfli’s clients plan for the future and reach their goals. His background includes over 20 years as an organizational leader and management consultant.
Liya Warren
Liya Warren is a manager in Wipfli’s CIO advisory practice. A strategic thinker and an empathetic problem-solver, she has more than 14 years of experience in providing management consulting services to a diverse portfolio of clients spanning across different industry sectors — from startups to educational institutions to established nonprofits to large technology organizations.
Daniel Bashore, Ph.D.
Daniel Bashore is an organizational performance consultant on Wipfli’s change management team. With a strong background in organizational development principles, he works closely with clients to understand their needs and develop solutions to help them successfully implement change within their teams and organizations. Daniel is passionate about helping organizations use data and theory-driven insights to improve performance, redesign processes and drive team engagement.
Teri LeSage
Teri LeSage is a veteran educator and nonprofit coordinator. With over 25 years of experience serving schools and nonprofits, Teri is a curriculum developer driven by a passion for individualized learning and service. She excels at creating compelling, multimodal curriculum that aligns to organizational goals and needs. In addition, as an expert grant writer and administrator, Teri ensures understanding of complex compliance requirements with various local, state and federal laws and regulations through thoughtful and deliberate use of adult education toolsets.
