{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "agency-change-management-consultant", "type": "agent", "name": "Change management consultant", "summary": "Plan the people side of a new tool, process or re-org, with a stakeholder map, message plan and adoption checks. Describe the change and who it hits.", "headline": "Change management consultant", "subhead": "Describe the change, who it affects and your go-live date. It builds a change management plan with a readiness check, a map of who must move and why they might resist, a message calendar, a manager briefing and a list of adoption checks for the first 90 days after go-live.", "job": { "id": "lead-people", "name": "Lead and manage people" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "high", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-10-28", "first_published": "2026-10-26", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "source_text", "required": false, "label": "Source text", "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "plan", "required": true, "label": "Plan", "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step" } ], "you_give": [ "What is changing, who it affects, how many people and when it goes live", "The reason for the change, in your own words", "Who sponsors it, and how active they are", "What you already know about how people feel, such as worries, past changes that went badly and groups that are keen", "Training you have planned, the tools involved and how you will measure use (optional)" ], "you_get": [ "A summary of the change and who it affects", "A readiness check across five areas, with the reason for each and what is unknown", "A stakeholder map showing each group's stage in the ADKAR steps, what is in it for them and the plan to move them", "A message calendar, a manager briefing and a training order", "A list of resistance risks with likely causes, and adoption checks at 30, 60 and 90 days" ], "use_when": [ "You are rolling out a new tool, such as a CRM, an ERP or a new ordering system, and you want people to actually use it.", "You are changing how teams are set up, and you need a message plan and a manager briefing before you announce it.", "A change has already launched and some people still use the old way, and you want a plan to find out why.", "You want a readiness check before you set a go-live date." ], "skip_when": [ "You want only the announcement text. Use the Internal change announcement writer.", "You want a quick rollout plan with message templates for a small change. Use the Change rollout planner.", "The change is a layoff. Use the Layoff plan writer, and ask HR and a lawyer to review it first.", "It is a change in one person's own way of working. Plan it yourself, with no group to move.", "You need a legal or HR ruling on a role change or a dismissal. Ask HR or an employment lawyer." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "What is changing, who it affects and when it goes live", "The reason for the change", "Who the sponsor is and how active they are", "What you know about how people feel (optional)" ], "prerequisites": [ "A named sponsor who agrees to speak about the change", "A few real conversations with the affected people, because the AI cannot know how they feel" ], "output": [ { "name": "The change", "contains": "A short summary of what changes, for whom, by when and why, with gaps listed." }, { "name": "Readiness check", "contains": "Five areas rated from what you said, with evidence and a score that says if it is partial." }, { "name": "Stakeholder map", "contains": "Each group's size, impact, where it is stuck on the ADKAR steps and the plan to move it." }, { "name": "Message calendar", "contains": "Who says what, to whom, through which channel and on what date." }, { "name": "Manager briefing", "contains": "Key points, likely questions with answers, and what managers should ask their teams." }, { "name": "Resistance risks", "contains": "Each group's likely cause of pushback, the action and when to escalate." }, { "name": "Adoption checks", "contains": "What to measure at 30, 60 and 90 days, the warning signs and the fix." } ] }, "output_shape": "THE CHANGE\n what | affects | go-live | why | sponsor | MISSING: \n\nREADINESS CHECK\n area | rating <1 to 5 or unknown> | evidence \n overall | how worked out \n\nSTAKEHOLDER MAP\n group | size | impact | influence | stuck at | what is in it for them | plan \n\nMESSAGE CALENDAR\n | audience | message | channel | sender | date \n\nMANAGER BRIEFING\n key points | likely questions and answers | what to ask their team \n\nRESISTANCE RISKS\n | type | likely cause | action | escalate when \n\nADOPTION CHECKS\n | measure | warning sign | action if low \n\nOPEN QUESTIONS\n ", "how_to_use": [ "Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. Or paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md after it.", "Write a short brief. Say what is changing, for whom, by when, why, and who the sponsor is. Add anything you know about how people feel.", "Say which part you want first, such as the readiness check, the stakeholder map or the message plan.", "Check the stakeholder map against what you really know. Correct any group it has wrong, and fill in what it marked as unknown.", "Talk to a few people in each affected group before you finalize. Ask what worries them. Paste what you heard back in.", "Use the plan as a living file. Update it after go-live with real adoption numbers, and ask it for the next move." ], "checks": [ "Ratings and group stages rest on facts you gave, and unknowns are marked as unknown.", "Each group has its own plan, with what is in it for them.", "Resistance is given a likely cause before an action is suggested.", "The calendar says who sends each message, and managers get a briefing before staff hear it.", "Adoption is measured by use, not by how many emails were sent." ], "next": [ { "name": "Change rollout planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/change-rollout-planner", "why": "Lead the team" }, { "name": "Listening conversation planner", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/listen-first-talk-planner", "why": "Lead the team" } ], "source": { "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/change-management-consultant.md", "licence": "MIT", "original_name": "Change Management Consultant", "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219" }, "credits": [ { "title": "Change Management Consultant", "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/change-management-consultant.md", "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions." } ], "files": [ "LICENSE", "references/source-agent.md", "SETUP.md", "source.json" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-change-management-consultant", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-change-management-consultant.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-change-management-consultant.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-change-management-consultant/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-change-management-consultant.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-change-management-consultant", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-change-management-consultant", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }