Lena Gut
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Free tools · Change readiness

Change readiness tools

Change readiness is how prepared, willing and able people and organisations are to adopt a change. Before you decide how to lead people through a transformation, you need to understand where they are starting from.

These free tools help you do that. They follow the approach from my guide to change readiness.

The approach in three stages

It moves from individual conversations to group work and then to one shared picture:

  1. 1

    Assess readiness in one-to-one conversations.

    Interview the influencers to understand the organisation's starting point.

  2. 2

    Explore pains and gains with each stakeholder group.

    Run collaborative workshops to describe today's reality and a better future.

  3. 3

    Bring all stakeholders together.

    Share the overall picture, make connections visible and agree common priorities.

The tools

  1. Before you start

    Stakeholder Engagement Plan Builder

    Change readiness builds on your stakeholder map. Rate each group by authority, influence, impact and involvement, and get a plan: who to speak with first, why, and what each conversation should decide.

    You get

    • A stakeholder map and an engagement plan in order
    • Warnings about gaps in your map
    • A PDF and an editable spreadsheet with the article's checklist
    Open the plan builder Free · name and email to see your result

  2. Stage 1 · One-to-one interviews

    Change Readiness Question Builder

    Prepare your interviews with influencers. Name your change and tick the warning signs you recognise. You get the 12 questions from the guide, with the ones to probe deeper marked.

    You get

    • The 12 questions, ready to adapt — edit, remove or add your own, up to 16
    • Which questions to probe deeper, based on the signs you see
    • Copy the questions or download them as a PDF
    Create my questions Free · name and email to see your result

  3. Stages 2 and 3 · Workshops

    The change readiness guide

    For the group work, the guide walks you through the pains and gains workshops and the all-stakeholder workshop.

    You get

    • A three-hour change readiness workshop agenda
    • A change readiness assessment checklist
    • Answers to common questions about change readiness
    Read the guide Free to read

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