Building / Evaluating Change Management Capability

 

Are you building internal capability? Retaining external consultants to execute an initiative?  There are few credentials in the market for Change Management and no turnkey solutions for building capability. 

This post was originally published as Change Management Credentials.  It will be updated from time to time and serve as a repository as we can gather a list (and this is just a list, not an endorsement).

Professional Associations:

• Association of Change Management Professionals
• Change Management Institute
• Organization Change Alliance (Atlanta, GA, USA)

Accreditations – certification and degree programs:

• Centre for Change Management. They also run an online module based program
• Consulting & Coaching for Change , University of Oxford, HEC Oxford
• Creativity, Innovation and Change, The Open University, B822
• Change Leadership Certificate (online), Cornell University
• Change Management Certification Program, Prosci Learning
• Change Management Foundation, APMG-UK
• Graduate Certificate in Change Management, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM)
• Masters Degree in the Neuroscience of Leadership, NeuroLeadership Institute – all online
• Masters Degree in Strategic Change Management and Organizational  Leadership, Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, NC. They also have an online program

Many consulting firms also offer certification programs.  Conner Partners offers both Sponsor and Agent certifications, Levels 1-3.  Drop me a line if you are interested in more info [email protected].

The best credential?  Experience – find someone who has done this before – as illustrated by my all-time favourite quote from the “West Wing”:

Leo McGarry: “This guy’s walkin’ down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, “Hey you! Can you help me out?” The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole, and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, “Father, I’m down in this hole; can you help me out?” The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by. “Hey, Joe, it’s me. Can ya help me out?” And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, “Are ya stupid? Now we’re both down here.” The friend says, “Yeah, but I’ve been down here before and I know the way out.”

Capability is great. Credentials are great.  Credentials plus experience – better.  Credential, plus experience, plus great referrals – better still.

Do you know of any other great CM courses or training credentials?  Please share.