Change Management: Key Practices for Successful Adoption

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Change Management: Key Practices for Successful Adoption

07 July 2025 / Article

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In today’s fast-evolving landscape, effective change management is critical for organizational agility and competitiveness; this article, the second in our two-part series, explores key practices that enable successful change adoption.

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Part 1: Change Management: Building Change-Ready Organizations in an Evolving World addresses the urgent need for organizations to adapt and implement transformative change more rapidly and effectively.
Part 2: Change Management: Key Practices for Successful Adoption explores key practices that enable successful change adoption.

Authors

Erka Amursi

Principal Researcher, Human Capital
The Conference Board

Robin Erickson, PhD

Robin Erickson, PhD

Head of Human Capital Research
The Conference Board

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