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Change Management Professional Development

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Lead Organizational Change With Confidence

Successful organizational change requires more than a project plan. It requires leaders who can build trust, navigate uncertainty and help people embrace new ways of working. Whether you are leading technology implementations, organizational restructuring, AI adoption or culture transformation, the University of Minnesota Change Management Certificate will help you develop the practical leadership and communication skills needed to guide change from planning through long-term adoption.

Designed for busy professionals, this fully online certificate combines proven change management frameworks with human-centered leadership strategies and emerging AI tools. Throughout the program, you will gain practical experience applying techniques you can immediately use to engage stakeholders, reduce resistance, measure adoption and deliver meaningful organizational results. This program blends weekly live, scheduled Zoom sessions with flexible, independent coursework to balance hands-on practice with your professional schedule.

Change Management, Professional Certificate

Develop the knowledge, frameworks and leadership skills to successfully guide organizational change across industries. Through three instructor-led courses, you will learn how to assess organizational readiness, communicate change effectively, influence stakeholders and build implementation plans that create lasting impact.
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Upon completion of the certificate, you will be able to:
• Lead individuals and teams through organizational change with confidence and empathy.
• Apply recognized change management frameworks, including ADKAR, Kotter’s 8-Step Model and Lewin’s Change Model.
• Conduct stakeholder analyses, impact assessments and organizational readiness evaluations.
• Develop communication strategies that build trust and encourage adoption.
• Measure organizational change using KPIs and adoption metrics.
• Leverage AI tools to create practical, data-informed change management plans.

Courses include: Change Leadership, Change Management Toolkit and Executing and Sustaining Change.

PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

90 Hours | 9.0 CEUs
3 Courses

Fully Online

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Synchronous Zoom Sessions

Complete in 6-7 months

$3,735 ($1,245 per course)

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