This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, I interview Karen Ball, Senior Fellow at Prosaic and author of Prosci’s latest publication, The ADKAR Advantage: Your New Lens for Successful Change ©2024. Previously, she was Executive Vice President of Prosci’s Research, Product, and Marketing Team. In addition to her role as an Executive Instructor, she continues to develop Prosci offerings and engage with clients as a Change Advisor.

 

ADKAR is a change management model that focuses on guiding individuals through the change process. The acronym stands for:

•           Awareness: Understanding the need for change.

•           Desire: The willingness to support and participate in the change.

•           Knowledge: Knowing how to change and what the change entails.

•           Ability: Having the skills and behaviors to implement the change.

•           Reinforcement: Ensuring the change sticks and is sustained over time.

 

The model is used in organizational change initiatives, helping leaders and teams manage transitions effectively by addressing the human side of change.

Karen Ball has been using ADKAR in her work, while raising her children, and navigating her own personal desire to change. She is the SME of ADKAR. That might be too many acronyms :) however, this episode lays out how ADKAR works and how you can adopt these change management strategies, systems, and smarts into your life, career, and business too!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

 

•   All about the ADKAR Model originally developed by Jeff Hiatt

•   Stories of How Individuals and Businesses have Effectively Used ADKAR

•   The Reality that CHANGE Happens One Person at a Time

•   Strategies about How you Can Influence Your Organization’s Change

•   And, Ultimately How you Can Shift your Organization into a CHANGE AGENCY full of CHANGE AGENTS

 

I am grateful to Karen Ball for sharing her wealth of knowledge and passion for Change Management. Her insights on change readiness, gaining sponsors for your change, and leaders modeling the role of change agent are sure to inspire HR professionals and leaders alike to BUILD A Vibrant Culture.

Want to know more about Karen and ADKAR?

Buy the Book: 

https://www.amazon.com/ADKAR-Advantage-Your-Successful-Change/dp/B0CZVRTWTV/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0?pd_rd_w=Ro8ST&content-id=amzn1.sym.352fa4e9-2aa8-47c3-b5ac-8a90ddbece20%3Aamzn1.symc.40e6a10e-cbc4-4fa5-81e3-4435ff64d03b&pf_rd_p=352fa4e9-2aa8-47c3-b5ac-8a90ddbece20&pf_rd_r=T7V4E7B99MTNEWKJTTNG&pd_rd_wg=mw4Aq&pd_rd_r=d79e123f-a5aa-4f7c-83eb-c225be0b2cca&pd_rd_i=B0CZVRTWTV

 

Visit: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProsciExperience/
 X: https://x.com/Prosci

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenball26/

Karen’s Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenball26/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/proscichangemanagement

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpROP3F4AOo2ixTuq5KQhBw

Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to the Build a Vibrant Culture podcast for more insights on creating thriving workplaces!