Change Management Courses

Why change management matters

Most change initiatives don’t fail because the plan was wrong — they fail because people didn’t adopt the change. The APMG Change Management certification tackles that directly: how individuals react to change, how to build support, and how to embed new ways of working so they last. It pairs naturally with project and programme skills, because delivering a project and making its outcome stick are two different jobs.

Who awards it: APMG and the Change Management Institute

The certification is awarded by APMG International, a respected independent accreditation body, and its syllabus was developed with the Change Management Institute (CMI) — the global professional body for the discipline. You’re learning a recognised, profession-backed framework rather than one company’s in-house method, and our training is accredited by APMG, so it’s audited against that standard.

What you’ll learn

Both levels build practical, people-focused skills you can use on any change initiative:

• Change impact assessment and stakeholder analysis
• Communication strategies and engagement techniques
• Managing risk and handling resistance to change
• Embedding new ways of working so they actually stick

Foundation then Practitioner

Start with Change Management Foundation for the theory and vocabulary. Practitioner then teaches you to apply it to a real organisation, tailoring the approach to its people and culture. You need Foundation before Practitioner.

The exams

Your individual course covers the training and full exam preparation; the official APMG exam is booked and sat separately, and we help you arrange it. (The Foundation & Practitioner bundle is the one option that includes both exams in its price.) The Foundation exam is 50 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes, closed book, with 50% (25/50) to pass. The Practitioner exam is an objective, case-study paper worth 80 marks over 2.5 hours, restricted open book, again 50% (40/80) to pass, and requires Foundation first.

Careers in change management

Change is a permanent feature of working life, so the skills travel. The certification supports roles such as change management consultant, organisational development manager and business transformation lead — and it strengthens any project or programme manager’s CV by adding the people side of delivery.

The change management models you’ll cover

Good change management isn’t guesswork — it draws on established models, and the courses ground you in the ones practitioners actually use. You’ll work with Lewin’s unfreeze–change–refreeze model for the shape of any change, Kotter’s eight steps for driving it through an organisation, and the ADKAR model for managing change at the individual level. Knowing when to reach for each is what separates someone who’s read about change from someone who can lead it.

Studying change management online

Every course here is studied 100% online and at your own pace, so it fits around a working week rather than a fixed classroom timetable. Training is APMG-accredited, you get tutor support throughout, and there are no set start dates — you begin as soon as you enrol. Exams are arranged when you’re ready, as covered above.

Related Courses

• PRINCE2® courses — structured project management that delivers the change
• AgilePM® courses — agile delivery skills
• All project management courses