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Change Management Playbook

Plan and communicate org, process, and strategy changes using the ADKAR model.

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alirezarezvani/claude-skills
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29,149
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MIT
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2 files

What it does

When installed, the agent answers change-management questions using a structured playbook. It walks through the ADKAR model (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement) adapted for startups, suggests rollout timelines and communication sequences for process changes, reorgs, and strategy pivots, and offers guidance on handling resistance and change fatigue. It is a thinking framework for planning, not software that changes anything in your systems.

Great for

  • Founders or leaders planning a reorg, tool switch, or product shutdown
  • Managers who need a communication sequence for their team
  • People who want a structured checklist for rolling out a change

Skip it if

  • Legal, HR, or employment decisions, since the playbook gives general advice and does not account for local law or your contracts (it is not a substitute for professional advice)
  • Large enterprises needing full Prosci-certified methodology, since the file says this is a startup-speed adaptation

Try asking

  • “Help me plan the rollout for switching our team from Notion to Linear over the next two months.”
  • “Draft a communication sequence for announcing a reorg that merges two engineering teams.”
  • “How should we handle resistance from the sales team to a new CRM?”
  • “We're killing a product line. What should we tell people, and in what order?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Change Management PlaybookInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    change-management.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip change-management.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip change-management.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent concrete details such as team size, timeline, and the specific change, so the sequence fits your situation.
  • Ask for the playbook's ADKAR questions to be applied to each stakeholder group separately.
  • Treat the output as a draft and adapt tone and timing to your culture before sending any announcements.

What's inside

  • references/change-playbook.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from alirezarezvani/claude-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.