Joseph Abonyo

OD, Culture & Change Consultant | Leadership & Team Coach

Jessie is a Chartered Organisation Development practitioner and senior change consultant with 15+ years of experience supporting public institutions, revenue authorities, financial services organisations and donor-funded reforms across East and Southern Africa.


She works with executives, HR and OD teams, managers and project leaders to diagnose organisational challenges, co-create practical interventions and build the internal capability required to sustain change.

CLIENT VALUE

Evidence-led diagnosis, co-created solutions and capability transfer that move institutions from insight to adoption and sustained performance.

CONSULTING & COACHING OFFER

Culture & Organisation Development

Diagnostics, values alignment, transformation roadmaps, EVP and organisational design.

Change Management & Adoption

Readiness, stakeholders, ADKAR, change agents, communication, reinforcement and adoption.

Leadership & Team Coaching

Individual leaders, teams and manager cohorts using reflective inquiry, LPI and Insights Discovery.

Leadership Development

Performance & Talent Systems – Competency frameworks, BSC-aligned performance, L&D strategy, job evaluation and rewards. TNA, curriculum design, executive retreats, action learning, facilitation and team effectiveness.

OD Diagnostics & Impact

Surveys, FGDs, KIIs, structural reviews, evaluation, validation and leadership course correction.

SELECTED CONSULTING EVIDENCE

CRDB Bank Tanzania (2026)

Developed and conducted a culture impact assessment framework; deployed surveys, FGDs and KIIs; and supported leadership course correction.

DAI Global / Government of Malawi (2022-2025)

Executive and managers coaching support. Led change and culture transformation work for public financial management reforms, including readiness, strategy, change-agent capability and Malawi Revenue Authority.

Uganda Revenue Authority (2011-2025)

Led institutional team effectiveness and culture realignment, leadership development program design & implementation, change methodology, performance management and L&D systems; coached managers and project teams to reinforce change.

Regional public agencies (2014-2021)

Designed and delivered leadership, team effectiveness, change management, and diversity and inclusion programmes for OAG, IG, PPDA, GIZ Uganda and Rwanda Broadcasting Agency.

COACHING FOCUS & METHOD

Focus

Training & capacity building; leading through change; role transitions; personal effectiveness; results through people; team alignment; difficult conversations; ownership and accountability. Professional references available on request.

Method

Contract outcomes; diagnose context; build insight; agree action experiments; review evidence and reinforce habits using LPI, Insights Discovery, ADKAR and reflective practice.

CREDENTIALS, EDUCATION & EXPOSURE

Credentials

CODP Chartered OD Practitioner (2025); LPI Practitioner (2023); Insights Discovery Coach (2023); Advanced Change Practitioner – PROSCI/ADKAR (2022); Associate CIPD; Balanced Scorecard Practitioner.

Education

MSc Business & Organisational Psychology (Candidate), Heriot-Watt University; PG Diploma HRM; PG Diploma Personnel Management & IR; BCom Accounting (Honours).

Regional and sector exposure

Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Rwanda | Public institutions | Revenue administration | Banking and financial services | Donor-funded reforms.