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Kristina Bow
Kristina Bow is Senior Director of FP&A for Landmark Health where she leads the corporate financial planning and analysis team, where she is responsible for all budgeting and forecasting for the business.
Landmark Health is a leader in at home care working to change healthcare for complex and chronic patients. Landmark Health is part of the Optum at Home segment of Optum Health a United Health Group company.
She has spent her career in FP&A starting as an Analyst. She has a BS in Finance, an MBA in Leadership, and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Kristina has held numerous volunteer leadership Board of Directors positions at the local chapter and national level for Finance and Women’s Leadership organizations, including former Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Women MBA’s.
She is passionate about women and diversity in Finance.
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The human side of Change Management is often neglected. However, fast-paced environments still require leaders and their employees to adapt to this. In this article, Kristina Bow, Senior Director of FP&A at Landmark Health, outlines three fundamental leadership principles to ensure that Change Management goes as planned.
What comes to mind when you hear the term FP&A Change Management? Typically, we think of large projects, acquisitions, reorganisations, or rebranding. But what about smaller changes?
Small changes also need to be managed even though they may not need an entire project plan. There is a simple four-step framework to help manage those smaller changes.