Vanessa Akhtar

Vanessa Akhtar is a Managing Director at change management and strategy execution firm Kotter. She has a doctorate in Counseling & Performance Psychology from Boston University and is the co-author of Change: How Organizations Achieve Hard-to-Imagine Results Despite Uncertain and Volatile Times.

How HR can cultivate essential change skills in employees

Ongoing disruption is forcing employees to build a strong change muscle. And HR can help them develop those change skills.

3 ways HR can mitigate rampant change fatigue

Employees are tired of having to adapt—but it’s to HR leaders to help them embrace change.