Comprised of the full suite of Kotter’s change leadership courses, Kotter’s Advanced Change Certification Program offers an intensive and comprehensive education into Kotter’s methodology and underlying frameworks. This collection of six courses, based on Kotter’s industry-leading research, is designed to build capabilities in leaders at all levels that drive shifts in behavior, accelerate results, and enable lasting change – giving you the language, skills, and tools to help lead in today’s ever-changing world.
Advanced Change Certification – Self-paced Online
About This Course
Bridging the gap from theory to application, Kotter’s Advanced Change Certification Program helps you to create the conditions for success and supports your on-the-job efforts to lead, manage, and sustain change. This six-course program deepens your understanding of how to more effectively navigate through complexity, uncertainty, and volatility to achieve change that sticks.
Beginning with the first course, the journey to an Advanced Change Certification involves an in-depth exploration of the Science of Change, with an emphasis on each of the 8 Accelerators for Leading Change. You’ll get access to Kotter experts through video content and the included Kotter Community subscription, rich stories and case studies, interactive activities and exercises, and a trove of practical resources to help you as you lead change.
The Advanced Change Certification builds on the fundamentals of the four-course Core Change Certification with courses focused on delivering results through the practice of winning and sustaining change. The extended education you receive through the Advanced Certification Program further builds your change muscle and equips you to not only better lead change, but to sustain it.
Core Content
Who This Course Is For
The Kotter Advanced Change Certification Program is designed for those who are leading change and those who are guiding teams and organizations that are navigating change. This program is for you if you are looking to meet professional development goals, elevate your change certification credentials*, or be better equipped to lead and sustain change.
The Advanced Change Certification is the next step in the change journey for those who have already completed the Core Change Certification Program. (Only the final two courses are required for those who have previously attained their Core Change Certification.)
* Kotter’s Change Certification may qualify for professional or academic credits. Please check with your professional association or accrediting institution to verify eligibility.
How Much Time You Can Expect to Invest
30-35 hours of total learning (including interactive activities, practical exercises, and reflection time) across six courses
* Learners have one year from the time of purchase to complete the program
What You’ll Learn
The comprehensive, dynamic nature of the Kotter Advanced Change Certification Program will provide you with:
- Foundational knowledge and understanding of the Science of Change, including the neuroscience of change, the implications of the modern organizational structure, and Kotter’s proven framework for leading change
- Specific tactics and techniques to help you apply all of Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Change Principles to current and future change efforts
- Strategies for implementing change that you can put into practice immediately with your teams and organization
- Practical tools to help you accelerate results and sustain change
Core Content
Who This Course Is For
The Kotter Advanced Change Certification Program is designed for those who are leading change and those who are guiding teams and organizations that are navigating change. This program is for you if you are looking to meet professional development goals, elevate your change certification credentials*, or be better equipped to lead and sustain change.
The Advanced Change Certification is the next step in the change journey for those who have already completed the Core Change Certification Program. (Only the final two courses are required for those who have previously attained their Core Change Certification.)
* Kotter’s Change Certification may qualify for professional or academic credits. Please check with your professional association or accrediting institution to verify eligibility.
What You’ll Learn
The comprehensive, dynamic nature of the Kotter Advanced Change Certification Program will provide you with:
- Foundational knowledge and understanding of the Science of Change, including the neuroscience of change, the implications of the modern organizational structure, and Kotter’s proven framework for leading change
- Specific tactics and techniques to help you apply all of Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Change Principles to current and future change efforts
- Strategies for implementing change that you can put into practice immediately with your teams and organization
- Practical tools to help you accelerate results and sustain change
How Much Time You Can Expect to Invest
30-35 hours of total learning (including interactive activities, practical exercises, and reflection time) across six courses
* Learners have one year from the time of purchase to complete the program
The Kotter Advanced Change Certification Program includes Kotter’s six core training courses:
Course 1. Foundations of Change | The Art + Science Behind Successful Transformation
Discover the Science of Change, including:
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Our understanding of human nature and our response to threats and opportunities
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The limitations of traditional organizational structures
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Kotter’s research on effective strategies, principles, and tactics for leading complex change
Learn how you can apply Kotter’s 8 Accelerators and 4 Core Change Principles to dramatically increase your chances of success as you lead change.
Course 2. Engaging Stakeholders to Spark a Movement | Igniting Urgency + Building a Guiding Coalition
A Sense of Urgency is arguably the most critical – and often under-leveraged – ingredient in both inspiring and sustaining change. Learn how to create true urgency, and practice how to keep people on board and energized about your change. Then explore how to identify, recruit, engage, and equip a set of people to serve as your Guiding Coalition – spearheading the coordination of efforts over the course of your change.
Course 3. Selling Your Case for Change | Shaping a Vision + Gaining Buy-in
How do you paint a compelling picture of the future, and how do you help people see what will need to be done in order to make that vision a reality? Most importantly, how do you get them bought into this vision so they are inspired to help?
Learn how to craft an inspiring vision, and practice techniques that will allow you to win over even the biggest skeptics by more effectively navigating the objections they throw at you.
Course 4. Essential Change Toolkit | Removing Barriers to Enable Action
Barriers to change exist across systems and processes as well as culturally through mindsets, behaviors, and actions. Learn how to identify barriers to change – both the immediate and the persistent – and what you can do to remove those barriers so that you and others are empowered to act more effectively.
* If you hold a change certification from another accredited organization, you may qualify to test out of this course for credit toward your Kotter Change Certification.
Course 5. Accelerating Results | Generating Wins to Demonstrate Progress
Wins are the molecules of success – the proof points of progress. Learn how to build momentum around, reinforce, and sustain change through the practice of leading, generating, discovering, communicating, and celebrating wins. Discover why wins are so important and how to drive tangible results along the way to accelerate and embed your change.
Course 6. Achieving Lasting Change | Ensuring Sustainable Implementation
Change requires constant reinforcement and support in order to be sustained and fully embedded. Learn how to assess the progress of your transformation, analyze where you are (and how much further you still need to go), and evaluate your systems and processes to ensure they reinforce – and do not detract from – the transformed organization. Leverage the power of storytelling and case studies to institute your change.
After the Course
Completion Badge
A Kotter Advanced Change Certification earns you the designation of Kotter Certified Change Leader and qualifies you to credibly apply the Kotter methodology to your own work leading change.
Upon successful completion of all six courses in the program and your demonstration of understanding of the content, you will receive a verified badge that you can share on LinkedIn, in your email signature, and on your CV. Your badge will be unique to you and will be verified by Credly.
Community Access
Upon completion of the first course, you will receive a complimentary 18-month subscription to the online Kotter Community, where you can access exclusive content and connect with Kotter change practitioners, fellow Change Certification Program participants, and Kotter experts.