Adkar
A Model for Change in Business, Government and Our Community: How to Implement Successful Change in Our Personal Lives and Professional Careers
Successful change, at its core, is rooted in: How to facilitate change with one person.
Don’t think about groups of people and how they should change, but think about what change will mean for one person and how the planned change must happen. ADKAR is a change management tool. It is a learning tool for teaching change management. A tool for change management plans. A coaching tool for managers during change. An assessment tool for diagnosing changes and how to measure progress of change programs. There are 5 essential stages to make change happen: creating Awareness; creating Desire; making the required Knowledge available; ensure Ability – skills – to implement change, Reinforcement to sustain change. Finally, everybody in the organization will have a crucial role to play in any change program: Management, Managers, HR and Learning & Development people in different stages and if needed, excess to Subject Matter Experts.
ADKAR guides you through changes, whatever the subject and whatever the size of the change embodies.