What you'll learn

Most change initiatives don't fail because the strategy was wrong; they fail because execution breaks down. In this course, Change Management: Executing the Plan, you'll gain the ability to activate, manage, and sustain every component of a comprehensive Change Management Plan with intention and precision. First, you'll explore how to execute your Resource Plan and Communication Plan; allocating what's needed, delivering the right messages to the right audiences, and championing the kind of transparency that builds trust throughout the organization. Next, you'll discover how to bring your Sponsorship Plan and Stakeholder Engagement Plan to life by preparing and enabling change sponsors, managing resistance before it compounds, and closing the gap between what your plan expects of stakeholders and what they can realistically deliver. Finally, you'll learn how to execute your Readiness Plan and Learning and Development Plan, measure adoption and benefit realization, anchor your change through a deliberate Sustainability Plan, and modify your plans with the discipline that keeps the entire effort aligned with what the organization actually needs as reality unfolds. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of change execution needed to move your organization from a well-designed plan to a successfully adopted change, one that remains long after the formal effort closes.