If you’re a project professional, this will sound familiar:
You’re delivering to scope, time, and budget, but adoption is shaky
Stakeholders agree in meetings, then quietly resist afterwards
Communication plans exist, but don’t change behaviour
Change is treated as “someone else’s job”… until it becomes yours
You don’t need to become a change manager.
You do need the confidence to lead change within your project.
That’s exactly what this guide gives you.
This is a practical, no-fluff guide designed specifically for project managers and delivery professionals working in real-world change.
You’ll learn how to:
Integrate change thinking into every stage of the project lifecycle
Build stakeholder awareness, readiness, and support without slowing delivery
Communicate change in a way that reduces resistance instead of triggering it
Navigate pushback with confidence, not frustration
Adapt your approach for Big Bang and Iterative delivery models
Lead change with clarity, presence, and credibility (even if it’s not in your job title)
No theory overload.
No proprietary frameworks to memorise.
Just clear thinking, human insight, and tools you can use immediately.
This guide mirrors how projects actually run, not how textbooks describe them.
You’ll see exactly what “good change practice” looks like during:
Initiation
Planning
Implementation
Close-out
Each stage includes:
Why change matters here
Key activities that make the biggest difference
Common pitfalls to avoid
Practical Big Bang and Iterative tips
You’ll learn how to:
Build trust through clarity
Understand why resistance shows up, and what to do about it
Empower your team instead of carrying the change alone
Strengthen your own confidence as a visible change leader
This isn’t about “soft skills”.
It’s about reducing friction, protecting momentum, and safeguarding outcomes.
Not all change is the same, and this guide doesn’t pretend it is.
You’ll get:
A clear distinction between Big Bang and Iterative change
How planning, communication, and measurement differ in each
How to choose the right approach for your project
What success actually looks like in each model
You’ll also receive ready-to-use templates, including:
Stakeholder Mapping
Change Readiness Assessment
Communication Planning
Resistance Management Checklist
Change Impact Assessment
Project Phase & Change Overlay Chart
These aren’t “nice-to-haves”.
They’re designed to save you time, reduce rework, and improve outcomes.
This guide is for you if:
You manage or deliver projects that affect people, behaviour, or ways of working
You’re tired of change being treated as an afterthought
You want practical guidance without becoming a change specialist
You care about delivery and adoption
You want to lead with confidence, not crossed fingers
Whether you’re working on a system rollout, process redesign, cultural shift, or phased transformation, this guide meets you where you are.
I’m Nissi Ozigbu, Founder of The Growth Hut and a leadership and change specialist with over 15 years’ experience working across complex transformation.
I wrote this guide after working with countless project professionals who were:
Highly capable
Deeply committed
And often left unsupported when it came to the people side of change
Change doesn’t sit with a single role.
It lives in the decisions, conversations, and behaviours shaped every day during delivery.
This guide is my way of helping project managers lead that reality, confidently and humanly.
This isn’t a one-time read.
It’s designed to be:
Dipped into during live projects
Shared with teams and stakeholders
Revisited as delivery models evolve
Bookmark it.
Annotate it.
Use it.