ADKAR Assessment ®

Transfer your scores from each ADKAR stage to the table below. Take a moment to review your scores. Highlight
those areas that scored three or less and identify which is the first area with a score of three or less. This first area
will be your primary focus. Create a bar graph below showing your ADKAR change profile.

Prosci ADKAR Worksheet

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Brief description of the change:

Score from
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ADKAR Strategic Change Assessment
worksheets
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1. Awareness of the need to change?

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2. Desire to make the change happen?

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3. Knowledge about how to change?

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Desire
4. Ability to change?
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Ability
5. Reinforcement to maintain change?
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Model Reinforcement®

5
To create an ADKAR profile bar
graph, mark your score for each
element and shade the area below
the mark to create each “bar.” The 4
example below is of a profile with
A=4, D=5, K=2, A=2, R=1.
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Example profile:

5
2
4

2
1
1

Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement

Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement

Manage
CHANGE, MAXIMIZE
Performance
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The Prosci® ADKAR® Model can be used to analyze a new strategy, process or technology change. This process can
help identify potential obstacles to success and diagnose the root cause of resistance to change. Complete the
worksheet to the best of your ability, rating each element on a scale of 1 (e.g. no awareness) to 5 (e.g. complete
awareness).
Describe the change. What are the primary elements of this strategy?
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Review these
Describe your awareness of the need to change. What are the business,
reasons and ask
A customer or competitor issues/opportunities that have created a need yourself the degree
W for this strategy? to which you
are aware of and
A ____________________________________________________________ understand the
R ____________________________________________________________ business reasons for
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this change. Rank on
a 1 to 5 scale.
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E
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S Awareness Rank
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Considering these
List the motivating factors or consequences (good and bad) related to
motivating factors,
this strategy that impact your desire to change, including compelling assess your desire to
reasons to support the change and specific objections. change. Rank on a 1
to 5 scale.
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E ____________________________________________________________
D
S E
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I N
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R T
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List the skills and knowledge needed to support this change, both during Does the
organization have
K and after the transition. the required skills
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N
realize this change?
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W ____________________________________________________________ scale.
K L
E
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D ____________________________________________________________
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E Knowledge Rank
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Considering the overall vision and strategy, as well as the required skills To what extent does
the organization
and knowledge from above, assess the organization’s overall capacity have the ability to
and ability to implement this change. What challenges lie ahead? Are implement this
A change? Rank on a 1
B there barriers inhibiting the organization’s ability to realize this change? to 5 scale.
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A
L ____________________________________________________________
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Ability Rank
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R
List the reinforcements in your organization that will help to retain the To what degree is
E the organization
change. Are incentives in place to help make the change stick? Are there providing
I
incentives not to change? reinforcement for
N demonstrating the
F ____________________________________________________________ change? Rank on a 1
O ____________________________________________________________ to 5 scale.
R
R ____________________________________________________________
C ____________________________________________________________
E
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M ____________________________________________________________
Reinforcement Rank
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Notes: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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