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Prosci® ADKAR® Model
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Agenda for presentation
• Individual change foundation
• Explanation of the ADKAR® elements
• Application of the ADKAR® Model
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“Organizations don’t change – people within organizations change.”
New ERP
Focus on the customer Updated IT systems
New marketing approach
New product
Online HR benefits system
New strategy
Productivity improvement initiative
Mergers and acquisitions
Any business change requires individuals to do their jobs differently to be
successful
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Individual perspective
You cannot manage change at an organizational level until you know how to manage change with a single individual.
You cannot manage change at an organizational level until you know how to manage change with a single individual.
From page 1 of the ADKAR® book*:
The secret to successful change lies beyond the visible and busy activities that surround change. Successful change, at its core, is rooted in something much simpler: How to facilitate change with one person.
* ADKAR® : A model for change in business, government and our community by Jeff Hiatt
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The ADKAR® Model
• ADKAR® describes the required phases that an individual will go through when faced with change
• ADKAR® is a foundational tool for understanding “how, why and when” to use different change management tools
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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing
himself.”
Leo Tolstoy
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The five building blocks of successful change
Awareness Awareness of the need for change
Desire Desire to participate and support the change
Knowledge Knowledge on how to change
Ability Ability to implement required skills and behaviors
Reinforcement® Reinforcement to sustain the change
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The ADKAR® Model
• Awareness of the need for change.– What is the nature of the change?– Why is the change happening?– What is the risk of not changing?
For your employees, what is the level of Awareness of the need to change?
AwarenessDesire
KnowledgeAbility
Reinforcement®
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The ADKAR® Model
• Desire to support the change.– Personal motivation to support the change– Organizational drivers to support the change
For your employees, what is the level of Desire to support and participate in the change?
AwarenessDesire
KnowledgeAbility
Reinforcement®
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The ADKAR® Model
• Knowledge on how to change.– Knowledge, skills and behaviors required during
and after the change– Understanding how to change
For your employees, what is the level of Knowledge on how to change?
AwarenessDesire
KnowledgeAbility
Reinforcement®
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The ADKAR® Model
• Ability to implement new skills.– Demonstrated ability to implement the change– Barriers that may inhibit implementing the change
For your employees, what is the level of Ability to implement the change?
AwarenessDesire
KnowledgeAbility
Reinforcement®
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The ADKAR® Model
• Reinforcement to sustain the change.– Mechanisms to keep the change in place– Recognition, rewards, incentives, successes
For your employees, what is the level of Reinforcement to sustain the change?
AwarenessDesire
KnowledgeAbility
Reinforcement®
ADKAR and “Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement” are registered trademarks of Prosci, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Without ADKAR®
In the absence of: You will see:
Awareness and
Desire
• More resistance from employees.• Employees asking the same questions over and over.• Lower productivity.• Higher turnover.• Hoarding of resources and information.• Delays in implementation.
Knowledge and
Ability
• Lower utilization or incorrect usage of new processes, systems and tools.• Employees worry if they are prepared to be successful in future state.• Greater impact on customers and partners.• Sustained reduction in productivity.
Reinforcement • Employees revert back to old ways of doing work.• Ultimate utilization is less than anticipated.• The organization creates a history of poorly managed change.
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ADKAR®
• ADKAR® describes the key building blocks for successful change – personal or professional
• Success with change requires all elements of the ADKAR® model to be present
AwarenessDesire
KnowledgeAbility
Reinforcement®
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Applying ADKAR® to different organizational changes
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ADKAR® applications
• Change management planning
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Using ADKAR® for change management planning
• Organizational change is successful when:– Everyone who is impacted by the change
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• The goal is to build A, D, K, A and R
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Organizational change management
• Five levers for organizational change management– Communication– Sponsorship– Coaching– Training– Resistance
management
• Using the right tools, you can move the organization through ADKAR®
– You can’t train desire– You can’t
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Change management tools
Mapping ADKAR® to change management tools
• Why are these channels critical for change management?
• What is the goal of each tool?
Communications
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Mapping ADKAR® to change management tools
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Diagnosing gaps with ADKAR®
• ADKAR® describes the building blocks and sequence for successful change
• When changes are failing, ADKAR® can be used to identify which element is the root cause for the change not being successful
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ADKAR® assessments
• Work with employees to assess their level of Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, etc.
• ADKAR® worksheets– Personal change– Business change– Strategy change
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ADKAR® assessment(simplified)
Element Rank (1 – 5)
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ADKAR® profiles
• The results of the ADKAR® assessment can be shown in a bar graph
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Developing corrective actions with ADKAR®
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Developing corrective actions with ADKAR®
If the gap is: Corrective actions:Awareness Communications by senior leaders about the business reasons for
change (why, risk of not changing, drivers of change); Face-to-face communications with immediate supervisors about how the change impacts them directly
Desire Immediate supervisors use Prosci’s top-10 steps for managing resistance; Look for pockets of resistance and identify the root cause
Knowledge Training on how to change and the skills needed after the change; Involvement of training and HR groups to develop requirements
Ability On-the-job training and job aides to support the new behaviors; Coaching by supervisors; User communities; Troubleshooting
Reinforcement™ Messages by senior leaders that the change is here to last; Individual coaching sessions to identity gaps
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Connecting ADKAR® and the current, transition and future states
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Not everyone changes at the same pace
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