Change Readiness Assessment: The Target Readiness Framework

Change Readiness Assessment: The Target Readiness Framework

Most organizations measure how employees feel about a change. Feeling ready and being ready are not the same thing. The Target Readiness Framework, part of IMA Worldwide's Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM), assesses readiness across five conditions that predict adoption: Information, Willingness, Ability, Confidence, and Control. Each names a different barrier, so each calls for a different response. A gap in Information needs communication. A gap in Ability needs training. A gap in Control needs giving people a voice in how the change is implemented. By diagnosing which conditions are missing, and for whom, teams intervene before go-live instead of managing resistance after it. The result is a readiness picture that predicts behavior, not sentiment.