Change Management Playbook

A framework for rolling out organizational changes without chaos, adapting the ADKAR model for startups. It covers communication templates, resistance patterns, and change fatigue management, and produces a structured playbook for process changes, org restructures, strategy pivots, and culture changes.

✨ What it does

  • Adapts the ADKAR model (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement) for startup speed
  • Provides communication sequences for four change types: process, org, strategy, culture
  • Includes a resistance patterns table with signals and responses
  • Offers change fatigue signals, prevention, and recovery strategies
  • Lists red flags to avoid during change rollout
  • Provides key questions to assess change readiness

🎯 When to use it

  • Announcing a reorg, new leader, or team split/merge
  • Switching tools or rolling out new processes
  • Pivoting strategy or killing a product
  • Refreshing company culture or values
  • When users mention change management, change rollout, managing resistance, org change, reorg, or pivot communication

🚀 How to use

Trigger by asking for change management guidance, e.g., 'We're reorging next month, help me plan the rollout.' The skill expects a description of the change type (process, org, strategy, culture) and current stage. It outputs a structured playbook with ADKAR phases, communication sequence, and resistance handling. Example prompts:

Help me plan a rollout for switching our CRM to Salesforce.
We're pivoting our product strategy, how should we communicate it to the team?

📄 Output: A structured change management playbook with ADKAR phases, communication sequence, and resistance handling.

📦 Add this skill to Claude Code

# 1. Get the skills repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills

# 2. Copy this skill into your project (or ~/.claude/skills for all projects)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/c-level-advisor/skills/change-management .claude/skills/change-management

Skill source: c-level-advisor/skills/change-management/SKILL.md

⚠️ Good to know

No explicit limitations mentioned; assumes user provides change context.

❓ FAQ

What is the hardest phase for an org change?

Desire, because people fear for their roles and relationships.

How long does a process change take for full adoption?

4–8 weeks.

What is the difference between compliance and adoption?

Compliance is doing it when watched; adoption is doing it because they believe it's better.

🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's SKILL.md on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.