Change
Management
Every organization changes — the ones that thrive are the ones that manage it well. In about two hours, you'll learn to guide people through change, ease resistance, and make new ways of working actually stick.The essential skills of change management — leading, guiding, and making change stick — in about two hours.
What you will learn
Change management comes down to a handful of skills you can learn — reading a situation, bringing people with you, and making new habits last — and this course covers the ones that matter most, so you leave able to lead change with far more confidence.
- Understand why change succeeds or stalls
- Guide people through change and ease resistance
- Apply proven change models (Kotter, ADKAR, Lewin, etc.)
This isn't theory for its own sake. Across eight focused chapters you'll work through what leading real change actually involves — diagnosing readiness, communicating a clear vision, and helping people adopt new ways of working — with models and tactics you can put to use the same day.
of organizational change programs fail to reach their goals, usually because of people and resistance rather than strategy — which is exactly what change management skills address.
Source: McKinseyChange is constant in every organization, yet most efforts stumble not because the plan is wrong but because people aren't brought along. This course gives you a clear, practical way to lead change that lasts.
Across eight short chapters, you'll cover the full arc of managing change — why organizations change, what makes people resist, how to build a case for change, and how to move from first announcement to a new way of working that holds.
You'll get hands-on with the frameworks practitioners actually rely on, from Lewin's three stages to Kotter's eight steps and the ADKAR model, plus simple tactics for communication, stakeholder buy-in, and sustaining momentum after the launch.
It's designed for a wide audience and open to everyone — no prior experience or background needed. It's especially valuable for anyone who wants to grow professionally and advance their career, whether you're leading a team, part of one going through change, or simply want the skill on your side.
The course takes about two hours in text and audio, is fully self-paced, and comes with lifetime access and no prerequisites. Pass the short final exam to earn a verifiable certificate — one that also counts toward IBMI's Project Management and Innovation Management programs at no extra cost.
What we will cover
8 focused chapters that build from the fundamentals to the tools you’ll actually use — each grounded in practical, real-world examples.
- Introduction
- External Forces
- Internal Forces
- Human Nature & Change
- Change Assessment & Change Plan
- Change Skills
- Top-down Management
- Bottom-up Management
- Comparison
- Change Strategies
- Lewin: Three-Stage Model
- Kotter: 8-Step Change Model
- McKinsey: 7-S Model
- Bridges: Transition Model
- Prosci: ADKAR
- Gleicher: Change Formula
- I. Unfreeze
- II. Change
- III. Refreeze
- Failure Factors
- Success Factors
- Examples
- Conclusion
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Ratings & feedback
Rated 4.6/5.0 by our users
The average rating from users who’ve taken this course.
"Straightforward from start to finish — I never once felt lost, and that says a lot about how well it's organized."
"Change management always felt abstract to me until this course put it into plain, usable terms."
"Bite-sized lessons that respect your time; I actually looked forward to picking up where I left off."
"Loved how practical it stayed throughout — real situations, clear takeaways, nothing padded out."
"What impressed me most was the clarity — complex ideas explained like a colleague talking you through them."
"A helpful and well-structured intro — I'd have welcomed a little more detail in places, but for the price it's genuinely good value."
"Finished it over a weekend and came away with tools I could use on Monday. The certificate was a welcome extra."
"For anyone leading teams through change management, this lays the groundwork clearly and without the jargon."
"Smooth, sensible, and surprisingly engaging — an online course that actually keeps you going right to the end."
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