Change Management Practices

At its core, change management is the act of proactively managing change and minimizing the resistance to organizational change through a set of structured processes or set of approaches to transition employees, teams, or an entire organization to a desired future state. However, as you may have heard before, change is hard. Organizations continue to struggle with effectively implementing change.

In August of 2025, APQC conducted a survey to explore the common practices and effectiveness of key change management components. This research collection explores the results of the survey.