The ADKAR model by Prosci

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The ADKAR model by Prosci

The ADKAR model by Prosci (1998) helps to deal with the people dimension of change. It can be used to:
1. Diagnose employee resistance to change.
2. Help employees transition through the change process (coaching).
3. Create an action plan for personal and professional advancement during change.
4. Develop a change management plan for your employees.
The ADKAR acronym holds that efective management of the people dimension of change requires managing five key elements:
1. Awareness of the need to change.
2. Desire to participate and support the change.
3. Knowledge of how to change (and what the change looks like).
4. Ability to implement the change on a day-to-day basis.
5. Reinforcement to keep the change in place.
For example, to get started in preparing any change effort, you can score the status of each of the 5 elements from 1-10 and then focus initially on the ones that scored the lowest.

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		3 Tom Marsicano, South Africa
	Change Management Iceberg and Prosci Model The iceberg analogy is useful in that it makes us aware of the fact that projects are much more than the 'technical' elements. As Jon Strickler points out, using the ADKAR model helps us understand the 5 stages/building blocks that an individual (indeed even a group) goes through on the journey of change. Krüger is also modeling the state of mind of people at a point in time during the change. Also important to consider is the relationship of the stakeholders to the change. Is the stakeholder a sponsor of the change, impacted by it, its protagonist (perhaps project manager), or a benefactor? Prosci's organisational change model considers this aspect (in addition to the ADKAR model) and provides guidance on how to deal with the special stakeholders.

		3 Alege . J. Afam, Nigeria
	Focus on What Works I quite agree with you Jon, but on your last note where you said one should focus on the lowest scores… I disagree with you. As far as change is concerned, why would you concentrate on what is NOT working when you can concentrate on what IS working? When identified, you can do more with what works rather than wasting energy on what's not working. Look for what works and do more of that!

		4 Paul Rigby, United Kingdom
	Focus on what Works - Change Management Iceberg Totally agree with Alege from Nigeria, it is important to look at the "bright spots", ascertain why they worked and apply them to future change initiatives. One should try as much as possible keep the process of change simple. We often complicate far too many things in business. If we can communicate what we are doing and why we want to do it in a simple way where we can reach as many people as possible then we will be more successful at change. Communication is key in any change initiative for me and we do not pay enough attention to communcating for buy-in with employees and leaders alike. We think a quick meeting or an email will suffice. In my humble experience this will NOT do as we will not have answered the healthy skeptics out there nor the majority of the people of are still confused about the change or concerned.

		2 Olusegun Odeniyi Manager, United Kingdom
	Communicate the Threats of not Changing @Paul Rigby: I agree with you on the importance of communication in driving change initiatives. This communication should also include the threats of not changing.

		2 Lloyd Lawrence Manager, Australia
	Communication is Key in Organizational Change @Paul Rigby: I agree totally with this! What astounds me is there are situations where management block these important elements, leaving no choice but to resort to simple email campaigns and delivering the message by stealth, direct to the doers and hoping it will spread.

		2 FREDDY VILLAVICENCIO Business Consultant, Venezuela
	ADKAR Assesses the People Resistance Factor @Alege. J. Afam: The reason to focus on the lowest ranked scores of the 5 ADKAR elements is that the ADKAR method assesses how people might react against the change. The lower the score the higher the resistance is likely to be. Personally, I do not care too much on that quote "People react against change". As others are mentioning down below communication is a key factor to make any change initiative succeed. So, if you make everyone’s responsibilities clear, the communication will be more effective and people will perform better. I agree with Jon based on what I am mentioning above.