Converse

Converse Consulting and Management Services specialises in communicating, activating, motivating and engaging staff and leaders to make strategies and plans come to life. Whether you are going through organic growth or fundamental restructuring, Converse helps you to manage the change journey. We have a proven track record of advising small and large organisations to successfully navigate change, activate culture and promote organisational learning.

Organisational change

• Activation & alignment of change leadership
• Communication and issue management coaching
• Internal stakeholder management
• Communication strategy and planning
• Diagnostics and assessments of change readiness
• Programme management of change programmes

Organisational Culture:

• Development of culture architecture
• Activation and alignment of culture change leadership
• Communication and activation culture change strategy and planning
• Diagnostics and assessment of culture change readiness
• Programme management of change programmes
• Internal branding and brand ambassador programmes

Organisational learning

• Media and technology to support and enhance organisational and professional learning
• Creation of open learning platforms

Organisational communication

• Improvement and innovation in internal communications
• Communication coaching
• Internal stakeholder management
• Media and experiential product innovation design and development
• Internal Branding and Brand Ambassador programmes
• Campaigns

How we understand what we offer:

We offer a range of activities, products, processes and advisory services designed to shift, change or engage the mindsets of employees to the company’s change process and the change vision. Change requirements involve building an awareness and understanding of what the changes are about, developing a belief that the changes are a positive move forward and finally, nurturing a commitment to seeing the changes through to completion.

What make our offerings unique

• We innovatively combine our creative competencies with our strategic competencies.
• Ditto with our strategy management competencies and implementation competencies.
• We offer integrated and holistic solutions because of our partnership with the Resolve Group.
• We are problem focussed so that we can customise solutions.
• We are 100% client-centred. (That means, we listen.)

Our Track Record

Converse has a demonstrated track record of responding to the needs of clients by providing customised solutions. It combines strategic and creative thinking with operational expertise to deliver a range of services, ranging from short interventions to large-scale campaigns. We roll out programmes in the areas of:

• Organisational learning
  
• Organisational culture
  
• Organisational change
  
• Communication policy, business strategy and media management

• Transnet
• The National Prosecuting Authority
• The Development Bank of Southern Africa
• Transtel
• The Nelson Mandela Foundation
• Telkom Media
• International Marketing Council (IMC)
• Sowetan
• Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)

Our Team

Lebo Nke

Lebo has been involved in Change Management and Communication Strategy formulation projects since 1995. She has worked in a wide range of industries where she formed part of teams that were responsible for Business Strategy Development, and Implementation on Business Process Re-engineering projects. Her particular focus was on the design, development and delivery of change management strategies and plans that included communication and training. Her work at Converse includes designing and managing the rollout of multi-faceted internal communication campaigns to support organisational re-engineering, culture change, and development.

Siven Maslamoney

Siven has managed the creation of media content for over 15 years in television, radio and print. This includes multi-media production, editorial management, broadcast management & design, and management of mass educational campaigns. His current work includes the development of public education strategies for large public sector organisations as well as change communication strategies, including Transnet.