Change & Execution
Change Management Essentials
A practical one-day introduction to organizational change management: change psychology, ADKAR/Kotter foundations, stakeholder impact, sponsor alignment, communication, resistance, adoption metrics, and sustainment.
- Format
- Live virtual, in-person, or private on-site
- Duration
- 1 day
- Level
- Introductory
- From
- $895.00
About this course
Course overview
Help people adopt change instead of simply announcing it.
Change Management Essentials is a one-day course for project teams, operational leaders, managers, analysts, and change participants who need a practical foundation for helping people adopt new ways of working.
Learners explore standard change models, stakeholder impacts, readiness, communications, resistance, adoption measures, and reinforcement practices they can apply to initiatives already underway. The course is a practical on-ramp to deeper OCM, Prosci, CCMP, and project-change integration work.
Learning outcomes
What you'll learn
Every module is tied to an outcome you can bring back to your team the next day.
- Explain why people resist change, how adoption happens, and how models such as ADKAR and Kotter help structure action
- Clarify the change, reason, impacted groups, desired behaviors, risks, benefits, and adoption outcomes
- Identify stakeholder groups, change impacts, readiness gaps, influence paths, and likely points of resistance
- Build messages, sponsor talking points, feedback loops, and communication cadences that support trust and action
- Plan training, support, manager reinforcement, quick wins, and behavior-change routines
- Define adoption metrics, monitor feedback, adjust interventions, and reinforce change after go-live
- Document 8.0 PMI education PDUs: 2 Ways of Working, 4 Power Skills, and 2 Business Acumen
Audience
Who it's for
- Project teams, managers, supervisors, analysts, and operational leaders supporting change initiatives
- Sponsors, change agents, and functional leaders who need a practical adoption toolkit
- Project managers and business analysts who need to include stakeholder adoption in delivery plans
- Professionals exploring deeper OCM, Prosci, CCMP, or change-management specialization
Course structure
Syllabus
A structured path from core concepts to applied practice.
One-Day Workshop
- Change management foundations: why change fails, adoption versus installation, change saturation, resistance, human behavior, and organizational context
- Models and frameworks: ADKAR, Kotter's 8-Step model, stakeholder curves, readiness, reinforcement, and current adoption barriers
- Change definition and impact analysis: case for change, impacted groups, behavior shifts, process/tool/role changes, transition risks, and readiness gaps
- Stakeholder and sponsor alignment: stakeholder mapping, sponsor roles, manager roles, influence networks, resistance patterns, leader messaging, and feedback loops
- Communications, training, and support: message architecture, audience needs, channels, cadence, job aids, coaching, and manager enablement
- Resistance, adoption metrics, and sustainment: resistance diagnosis, listening, escalation, adoption blockers, usage measures, quick wins, reinforcement, and 30-day action planning
Public cohorts
Upcoming sessions
Secure your seat in a live, instructor-led cohort. Private team deliveries available on request.
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We run this course as a private team cohort on demand, or you can be the first to know when the next public date drops.
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