Change used to be a slow, manageable process in the business world – one shift at a time, with room to adjust. Not anymore. Today, change is constant, rapid, and often overwhelming, leaving employees feeling lost, burnt out, and stuck in survival mode.

If your organization struggles with navigating change, Mastering the Change Curve is the solution. This powerful, easy-to-use guide helps you uncover roadblocks, build resilience, and create a proactive approach to change management. With a proven framework, it transforms uncertainty into opportunity – empowering individuals to move forward with confidence instead of getting stuck in the past.

Don't let change control your business. Take charge with Mastering the Change Curve, and use change as an opportunity for growth.

Mastering the Change Curve is based upon years of research, experience, and the Kubler-Ross grief model. Using a current change initiative as a frame of reference, individuals respond to a series of 24 statements that describe responses to change, choosing from a five-point scale of "Almost Totally True" to "Almost Totally Untrue." The soft-skills assessment identifies which change phase the individual is currently experiencing, and it also provides sub-scores in each of the dimensions.

Mastering the Change Curve takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, and we recommend you allow one to two hours for the interpretation of results, debriefing, and action planning.

By the end of the assessment and debrief, participants will do the following:

• Pinpoint one's current stage in the change management assessment process
• Learn the four phases of change
• Understand the "Change Curve Model"
• Identify productive and nonproductive change behaviors
• Develop a strategy for mastering change

Use Mastering the Change Curve to provide support at the early stages of a new change effort and help individuals adapt to changes they did not initiate. By gauging and interpreting individual or team reactions, it brings key issues and concerns to the surface. Whether used to spark discussions during planning sessions, team-building activities, or management retreats, this framework ensures a smoother, more resilient transition through change.

Facilitator Guide

Order one guide per trainer. The comprehensive Facilitator Guide includes everything trainers need to deliver Mastering the Change Curve, including background information, administrative guidelines, a step-by-step workshop outline, optional activities, alternative workshop designs, a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, and sample participant materials. Facilitator support materials will be available to you as a digital download link in your order confirmation.

Paper Assessment 5-Pack

Order one pack for up to five participants. The paper version is ideal for facilitators who prefer to oversee the scoring and administration of the assessment if you don't know who the participants will be before the class begins or if your learners do not have easy access to computers. It includes pressure-sensitive forms for scoring to aid manual tabulation.

Online Assessment

Order one per participant. The online assessment is administered to participants through the HRDQ Assessment Center and includes personalized reporting, full-color charts, interpretive information, worksheets, and action planning. A detailed report is delivered electronically to the facilitator/administrator when complete.

QuickStart Train-the-Trainer (QST)

QST is a convenient, one-hour virtual coaching session for first-time facilitators of this product. You'll receive personalized, one-on-one coaching with a subject matter expert who will get you up to speed quickly and accurately so you can step into the onsite with confidence. We'll answer all your questions about the facilitation of the product. And you can add additional coaching hours as needed. Your coaching session can be provided by telephone or video call and at a time of your choosing.

Facilitators will also receive an HRDQ Certificate of Completion for completing the QuickStart session.

Dr. Cynthia Scott is a founding principal of Changeworks Global, a recognized leader with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of strategic planning for human capital management, managing continual organizational change, and visionary leadership. She is the author of numerous books, including Rekindling Commitment and Take This Work and Love It! and her work has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the Stanford Business School Newsletter, and Worthwhile Magazine.

Dr. Dennis Jaffe is a founding principal of Changeworks Global and director of the Organizational Inquiry Program at Saybrook Graduate School. He is a nationally recognized leader in the field of organizational development and earned his Ph.D. in sociology and MA in management from Yale University. His professional training is in organizational development, and he is also a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Jaffe is the author of 22 books, including Rekindling Commitment and Organizational Vision, Values, and Mission.