Change Management Practices: Transformation Function Report

Published On:

October 30, 2025

Authored By:

APQC

Members-Only Content:

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 in the transformation function.

Type:

Data and Measures

Topics:

KM Change Management, Change Management, Process and Performance Management

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