change agent

plural change agents

1. businessA consultant hired to assist with implementing changes in an organization's structure or operations.

   Stakeholder management activities can be supported by organizational change agents or a change agent network.

   2016, Axel Uhl, Lars Alexander Gollenia, A Handbook of Business Transformation Management Methodology

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   Coach these leaders to recruit change agents and advocates to tell it like it is, and then make sure they don't throw them out on the street when they tell the truth.

   2012, Christina Tangora Schlachter, Terry H. Hildebrandt, Leading Business Change For Dummies