Which of the following steps is part of building a change management plan for a strategic training initiative?

• A. Identify stakeholders, map influence and interest, tailor communication, create sponsorship and governance structures, and plan readiness activities
• B. Increase budget without stakeholder input
• C. Eliminate governance structures
• D. Delay stakeholder engagement

Answer: (A)

Building a change management plan for a strategic training initiative centers on preparing people and the organization to adopt the change. This involves identifying who will be affected, mapping their influence and interest, tailoring communication to different groups, creating sponsorship and governance structures, and planning readiness activities so the organization is ready to deploy and sustain the training. These elements ensure you have clarity on who drives the change, how to engage them, who is accountable, and what needs to happen to get people ready. The other options would not support durable change: increasing the budget without input bypasses essential stakeholder alignment; eliminating governance removes oversight; delaying stakeholder engagement undermines buy-in and readiness.