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Change Readiness

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Understanding readiness | Assessing readiness | Creating readiness | See also

It is one thing to want to change, it is another to get the organization to change. A key step along the route to change is to test and ensure that people are ready for the changes ahead. In brief, readiness means people are both willing and able to change.

Willingness to Change: Building the motivation.
Ability to Change: Ensuring capability.
Charting Readiness for Change: Mapping change readiness.
Tabling Readiness for Change: Using a table to explore readiness.

Also consider:

Diagnosing Change: Investigation to understand the need for change.
Initial Concerns: The threat to deep systems.
Initial Reactions: Negative or positive?
Resistance to Change: When people push back against the change.
Stakeholders in Change: Understanding stakeholders is a critical activity.