Prepare a 5-8 page recommendation for intervention and adoption strategies, including metrics to track adoption.
The purpose of this assessment is to make recommendations for your client organization on its change management strategy. Your recommendation should include intervention strategies, an explanation of how to reinforce the change, and the metrics that will be used to track adoption. Remember that your CM Strategy: Recommendations for Intervention and Adoption Strategies should be complete and comprehensive so that after you leave, the client organization would know how to execute the strategy.
Prepare a report that addresses the items below. Make sure you support your writing using information from your readings and research.
Recommend intervention strategies that align with the findings and stakeholder analysis.
Include intervention strategies that connect with the themes and issues from the discovery findings.
Explain how and why the intervention strategies will support the change. Include relevant information from your readings and research to show that the intervention is appropriate for managing the change.
Recommend reinforcement strategies to support adoption and behavior change.
Reinforcement strategies to support the adoption should be aligned with the interventions and the desired new behavior.
Explain how the reinforcement strategies are the appropriate ones to support the change.
Recommend metrics to track the adoption of the change.
Identify metrics that will indicate whether the intervention strategies are working or not. For example, if your project was about implementing a diversity and inclusion program, a metric could be the number of employees attending "Lunch and Learn" events, or the number of people completing a diversity and inclusion online learning course.
Explain how you would collect the data to gain insight into the adoption of the desired behavior change.
Introduction and Change Context
This report outlines the recommended change management (CM) intervention and adoption strategies for GlobalTech Solutions' transition to an Agile, cross-functional operating model. The change is complex, requiring a shift in mindset, behavior, and organizational structure. The primary objective of this CM strategy is to ensure high adoption of the new collaborative behaviors and team structures to realize the benefits of faster product delivery and increased innovation.
The foundational assumptions derived from the (hypothetical) Discovery Findings are:
Stakeholder Analysis Theme: High resistance from middle management, who fear losing authority in a decentralized structure.
Discovery Findings Issue: Employees lack the skills for self-direction and cross-functional communication, relying heavily on top-down direction (low psychological safety).
II. Recommended Intervention Strategies
The following intervention strategies align directly with the findings (addressing middle management resistance and low psychological safety) and are grounded in organizational change theory.
A. Strategy 1: Role Clarification and Empowerment Training (Addressing Manager Resistance)
Intervention Description: This strategy focuses on providing targeted, high-touch training for former functional managers, reframing their role from a Hierarchical Authority to a Servant Leader/Coach model, as supported by Servant Leadership theory (Greenleaf, 1977).
Alignment with Findings: This directly addresses the middle management resistance fear by acknowledging their value while defining a new, critical purpose. Instead of losing power, they gain influence through coaching and developing talent.
Support for Change: The shift from 'manager' to 'servant leader' is critical for Agile's success, which requires teams to be self-organizing. Training will include specific skills like active listening, feedback coaching, and delegating decision authority. This reduces managers' perceived threat to their status, converting potential saboteurs into change champions (Kotter, 1995).
Sample Answer
A full 5-8 page report requires a specific client organization and context (discovery findings, stakeholder analysis, and specific change initiative). Since that context is missing, I will create a comprehensive recommendation report for a hypothetical client organization, "GlobalTech Solutions," undergoing a common, complex change: the transition from traditional functional silos to an agile, cross-functional team structure (Agile Transformation).
This report will provide the necessary detail, structure, and academic support required for a high-quality recommendation.
Change Management Strategy: Recommendations for Intervention and Adoption Strategies
Client: GlobalTech Solutions (Hypothetical) Change Initiative: Transition to Agile, Cross-Functional Team Structure Date: October 3, 2025