Leading Through Change
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Leading Through Change
This course is part of Leading Organizational Change Specialization
Instructor: Madecraft
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What you'll learn
How to scope a change accurately by capturing both the factual impact and the emotional impact across every group it touches.
How to communicate change in a way that lands for early adopters, evidence-driven majorities, and resistors all at once.
How to monitor, sustain, and reinforce change so adoption holds long after the rollout is done.
Skills you'll gain
- Strategic Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Scoping
- Change Management
- Business Transformation
- Business Leadership
- Team Leadership
- Leadership Development
- Communication Strategies
- Leadership
- Organizational Change
- Strategic Leadership
- Employee Engagement
- Risk Management
- Communication Planning
- Project Risk Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Sprint Retrospectives
- Risk Management Framework
- Culture Transformation
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June 2026
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There are 6 modules in this course
Leading Through Change gives you a practical, end-to-end playbook for guiding teams and organizations through any change that comes your way β whether you saw it coming for months or learned about it five minutes ago. You'll build the skills to scope a change properly, choose the right approach for its scale and urgency, communicate it in a way that reaches every kind of audience, monitor adoption over time, and sustain momentum once the rollout is done.
What makes this course different is that it's grounded in twenty-five years of executive coaching experience across organizations of every size and industry. The frameworks aren't theoretical β they've been pressure-tested in mergers, layoffs, system migrations, and the everyday small changes that quietly determine whether a culture is change-friendly or change-fatigued. You'll leave with a repeatable toolkit (the four-part strategy framework, the risk management cycle, the four communication archetypes, the More/Better/Different retrospective) and the confidence to apply it, no matter what changes land in your inbox tomorrow. If you've ever felt blindsided by change, exhausted by it, or unsure how to lead others through it, this course will give you steadier ground to stand on.
Your ability to lead through change β not just survive it β is one of the most visible measures of your effectiveness as a leader. In this module, you'll connect change leadership to the metrics that matter, navigate the most common challenges, and build a strategy blueprint you can apply to any change on your horizon.
What's included
4 videos2 assignments
4 videosβ’Total 10 minutes
- Change Is Constantβ’1 minute
- Why it Mattersβ’3 minutes
- Common Challengesβ’3 minutes
- Creating a Strategyβ’3 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Foundations of Change Leadershipβ’10 minutes
- Your Change Strategy Blueprintβ’20 minutes
Every change has a factual side and an emotional side, and missing either one is how well-intentioned initiatives quietly fall apart. In this module, you'll scope changes for both facts and feelings, analyze individual and organizational impact, manage risk, and set milestones that keep your team moving forward.
What's included
6 videos1 reading2 assignments
6 videosβ’Total 17 minutes
- Fact vs. Feelingβ’3 minutes
- Proactive vs. Reactiveβ’3 minutes
- Analyzing Individual Impactβ’2 minutes
- Analyzing Organizational Impactβ’3 minutes
- Risk Managementβ’2 minutes
- Defining Milestonesβ’3 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Mapping Change Impact at the Role Levelβ’10 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Scoping Your Changeβ’10 minutes
- Run a Risk Register on Your Changeβ’20 minutes
Not every change calls for the same playbook, and matching your approach to the situation is what separates effective leaders from reactive ones. In this module, you'll apply targeted strategies for quick changes, dramatic disruptions, course corrections, competing priorities, and ventures into the unknown.
What's included
5 videos1 reading2 assignments
5 videosβ’Total 14 minutes
- Rip the Band-Aidβ’4 minutes
- Batten Down the Hatchesβ’3 minutes
- Course Correctionβ’2 minutes
- Growing Painsβ’3 minutes
- New Directionβ’2 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Anchoring Your Team in Familiar Groundβ’10 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Matching the Approach to the Changeβ’10 minutes
- Prioritize and Negotiate the Pileupβ’20 minutes
People react to change in predictable ways, and your communication strategy has to speak to all of them at once. In this module, you'll tailor your messaging to four change archetypes and build a communication plan that pairs clear reasons to believe with an open feedback loop.
What's included
2 videos1 assignment
2 videosβ’Total 6 minutes
- Change Archetypesβ’3 minutes
- Communication Strategiesβ’3 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Communicating for Buy-Inβ’10 minutes
Without a monitoring plan, even well-executed change initiatives quietly lose momentum β and you won't know until it's too late to course correct. In this module, you'll measure change impact over time using target and guardrail metrics, and build pulse checks that surface adoption issues before they become full-blown problems.
What's included
2 videos2 assignments
2 videosβ’Total 5 minutes
- Milestone Measurementsβ’3 minutes
- Archetype Pulse Checksβ’2 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 30 minutes
- Tracking Change in Motionβ’10 minutes
- Design Your Measurement Planβ’20 minutes
The habits that lock in progress β celebrating wins, capturing lessons, and leading with courage and compassion β are the easiest to skip, and skipping them is how change quietly unravels. In this module, you'll build in rewards that reinforce adoption, run a structured More/Better/Different retrospective, and apply courage and compassion to keep yourself and your team moving through whatever changes come next.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 assignment
3 videosβ’Total 7 minutes
- Time to Celebrateβ’3 minutes
- Memorial Retrospectiveβ’3 minutes
- Courage and Compassionβ’1 minute
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Courage, Compassion, and What Comes Nextβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Leading Through Change Capstoneβ’30 minutes
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