Lerato Lenyatsa

Experienced Organisational Effectiveness and Change Management professional with 10+ years' experience leading and supporting complex transformation initiatives across multiple business units in regulated and matrixed environments. Proven capability in planning and leading end-to-end change workstreams, including leadership alignment, stakeholder engagement, change impact assessments, readiness, training coordination, and post-implementation adoption.

Organisational Effectiveness Lead at Momentum Group (2021-05 – 2025-01)

Led and delivered enterprise-wide change, digital and people transformation initiatives across a Financial Services organization.

• Led and delivered enterprise-wide change, digital and people transformation initiatives, partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional project teams.
• Developed and adapted OE frameworks to diverse business units, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, culture, and employee experience goals.
• Scoped, planned and managed multiple transformation workstreams, ensuring delivery against milestones, quality standards and business outcomes.
• Simplified complex change, technology and organisational concepts into clear, actionable insights for business and leadership audiences.
• Evaluated the impact of OE initiatives using qualitative and quantitative data to inform continuous improvement.
• Produced high-quality reports, diagnostic outputs and executive presentations to support decision-making.
• Partnered with project teams, business heads and line managers to embed new standards, operating models, and behaviours across impacted business units.
• Developed and delivered change-related training, communication, and enablement plans to support adoption of new systems, processes and ways of working.

Talent Management Consultant at Santam (2017-08 – 2021-02)

Led change management and talent development initiatives within a Financial Services organization.

• Led and supported change management for organisational transformation and Future Fit operating model initiatives.
• Built and implemented group-wide talent management framework, providing strategic insight into current and future talent demand.
• Contributed to enterprise culture and leadership development initiatives aligned to strategic transformation objectives.
• Designed and facilitated leadership and management development programmes across senior, middle and emerging leader levels.
• Conducted training needs analyses and supported the development of learning interventions aligned to transformation objectives.
• Worked collaboratively with HR, learning and business teams to integrate OD practices into talent and performance processes.

Organisational Development Consultant at Road Accident Fund (2015-01 – 2017-07)

• Delivered OD interventions focused on culture, leadership capability and team effectiveness.
• Used psychometric assessments to enhance team diversity, psychological safety and collaborative effectiveness.
• Partnered with senior business leaders to drive the implementation of talent and succession planning processes, ensuring alignment with strategic workforce needs.

Organisational Development Specialist at Edcon (2013-10 – 2014-12)

• Supported large-scale organisational and culture change initiatives within a complex retail environment.
• Managed organisational surveys, diagnostics and reporting to inform leadership decisions.
• Contributed to leadership framework development and onboarding strategies.

Honors in Industrial Psychology – University of South Africa (2011)

Bachelors in Human Resource Management – University of Johannesburg (2009)

Diploma in Professional & Consciousness Coaching – Creative Consciousness