In this episode of Unlocked, Kristyn sits down with organizational transformation expert Noel Andrews-Sotta to explore why change management is far more relevant and human than leaders realize. Noel introduces her Change Compass, a simple framework that helps teams navigate uncertainty with clarity, confidence, and stability.

Most leaders think change management is only necessary in the “big” moments: acquisitions, restructures, major system rollouts. But the truth is, the micro-changes happening inside your business every day have a far greater impact on performance, culture, and emotional bandwidth.

In this deeply practical episode, Kristyn and Noel unpack the subtle ways change shows up in an organization and how leaders can guide their teams through it with more empathy, steadiness, and strategic clarity.

Noel shares her signature framework, The Change Compass, built around four simple but powerful questions that reveal what’s truly shifting, what’s stable, what’s known, and what still needs clarity. This tool has helped executive teams calm chaos, align messaging, resolve issues faster, and rebuild trust in moments of uncertainty.

Listeners will learn how to apply this method during weekly leadership meetings, one-on-ones, process updates, team changes, and any moment where overwhelm or ambiguity begins to impact performance.

Whether you're scaling quickly, restructuring, adding new roles, or simply navigating everyday disruptions, this episode gives you a clear and human-centered way to lead people through change, big or small.

Key Highlights

• Why change management is underutilized in small, everyday moments
• The psychology behind why teams resist change
• How leaders unintentionally create more instability
• How to facilitate Noel’s Change Compass with your team
• The differences between “what is changing” vs. “what feels like change”
• How to rebuild trust when you don’t have all the answers
• Why the change curve matters and how to normalize it
• How to shift teams from a victim mindset to a hero mindset

Links & Resources

Connect with Noel on LinkedIn
Learn more about TransformCXO: https://transformcxo.com
Change Curve Toolkit (recommended resource): Link

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