Change Management Practices: Comparison of the 2022 and 2025 Surveys

Published On:

November 06, 2025

Authored By:

APQC

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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 report summarizes the thoughts and experiences of the survey respondents by comparing the 2022 and 2025 surveys.

Type:

Data and Measures

Topics:

KM Change Management, Change Management, Process and Performance Management

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