5 Reasons to Build Change Capability With Prosci eLearning

Change is hard. Change is fast. Change is continuous. But successful change is unlockable by preparing, equipping and supporting individuals through their journeys. It's a more productive and more humane way to create change. That's my "base beat" of change management—and it’s resonating with podcast hosts and listeners who work in a variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. Change Management Podcasts Change management enhances design thinking, product development, project management, digital transformation, customer experience, the practice of medicine, and more. To learn how change management can enable your organization’s success, check out these podcasts hosted by thought leaders in change-enabling and change-inducing disciplines: Digital Transformation Talk How do we know when we’ve missed the mark on the people side of change? I join Ema Roloff on the Digital transformation Talk to share how to build Repeatable, Scalable Change Management into digital transformations and avoid common challenges. The Changed Physician Why should doctors care about change management and the people side of change? In this episode, I chat with Dr. Melissa Cady and Dr. Kevin Cuccaro about the Foundations of Change Management and how it can help physicians build skills in all walks of life. Project Management Happy Hour Project success often depends on people using your deliverables, but how much are you really focusing on helping those people make the changes necessary? In Change Management Mic Drops With Tim Creasey, Kate and Kim host me for a mic-drop discussion about the 5 Tenets of Change Management. Project managers can also earn continuing education credits (PDUs) with this podcast. Project Management Happy Hour You're not seeing double! Kim and Kate invited me back to the Project Management Happy Hour for a marathon discussion that became a two-part series. In it, we explore some of my current work on the pain, power and potential of getting everyone the same page. We also walk through a 12-pack of alignment hacks that you can begin using immediately. A 12-pack of Alignment Hacks, Part 1 A 12-pack of Alignment Hacks, Part 2 PM Podcast In episode 468 of the Project Management Podcast, Project Management is Change Management, Cornelius Finch and I cover the intersection of project management and change management across numerous dimensions. We also participate in a great Q&A with a live audience. Change on the Run How do you engage leaders during change to fulfill their roles and ensure people have everything they need to take on new mindsets, routines and behaviors? How do you measure success to estimate the benefits of change and monitor the approach taken to realize them? Phil Buckley and I explore both issues in these episodes: Engaging Leaders During Change Measuring Success Change It How does change management effectively partner with other change disciplines like organizational development, project management and communications to enable organizational agility? Eloise Seidelin and I discuss Change Ecosystems and the “multilingual” change leader in this first episode of the Change Masterclass series. What Monkeys Do Change is an individual journey; how can you move through it effectively? In this episode of What Monkeys Do, I join Morten Kamp Andersen to reveal 5 Steps to Overcome Your Change Barriers and succeed with changes of all kinds. More Podcasts on the People Side of Change The episodes above are just a sampling of the many great podcasts and hosts that have welcomed me as a guest. Check out our full library of podcasts on our website. Listen and Learn With Change Management Podcasts Change practitioners know that change management is the application of a structured process and set of tools for leading the people side of change to achieve a desired outcome. As an effective change agent, you need to be able to tell the story of the value you create in all sorts of contexts, and the various pairings in these podcasts give you a solid jumping-off point. If you are less familiar with the people side of change, these podcasts might be surprisingly helpful. Give them a listen!

Integrating change management and project management has been an area of study for over a decade at Prosci. Although some people seem to think that project management and change management have a rivalry akin to the Capulets and Montagues, we do not believe that to be the case. Research tells us that integrating these disciplines leads to more effective change management. More effective change management, in turn, leads to a higher likelihood of project outcomes being achieved. Applications of ADKAR Change management and project management are complementary disciplines, and when they are aligned and coordinated, they can achieve better results together than they could independently. When we decided to study the different uses of the Prosci ADKAR Model through our Applications of ADKAR research study, we knew that integration with project management would be a vital use case to investigate. The Value of Integrating Change Management and Project Management Project management and change management are complementary disciplines with a shared objective. They both aim to increase the likelihood that projects or change initiatives deliver their intended results and outcomes. Although each discipline functions independently, the most effective approach is to integrate change management and project management to create a unified approach on both the technical side and the people side of change. Using the ADKAR Model as a tool for integrating change management into the project management approach allows for the individual change outcomes to become workstreams and milestones in the project plan. As part of a research effort to validate how organizations leverage the ADKAR Model, Prosci asked business leaders and change professionals questions about how they are integrating the ADKAR Model into their project management approach. What the Research Says “ADKAR aligns well with the Project Management Phases. It is easy to use and elements of the model are integrated into the deliverables of the projects.” In our Applications of ADKAR research study, we asked users of the model to share why they integrated it with project management, how they facilitated this integration, and what the results were. The reports include many insights, including a case study of how one change management practitioner integrated the ADKAR Model with a PeopleSoft implementation to achieve better results.