# Who Does What in a Change

> Every change needs a few people-side roles filled: someone to back it, someone to run it, and people to carry it to the floor. Learn the six roles, the two meanings of "champion," how one person can wear several hats on a small team, and how to spot and ask for a missing role. Then map the roles on your own project.

Free online course from AdoptionLab.AI, category: Change Management, about 34 minutes, self-paced, no sign-in.

Take the course: https://campus.adoptionlab.ai/free/who-does-what-in-a-change
Last updated: 2026-10-15

## What you will be able to do

- Match project tasks to six people-side roles.
- Tell apart the two meanings of "champion."
- Assign roles on a small team where one person holds several, keeping the backer and the day-to-day lead apart.
- Spot a missing or confused role.
- Ask for a missing role in a way that gets it filled.
- Agree at kickoff on two counts that show it worked.
- Draft a one-page role map for your project.

## Inside the course

### Start here

- About AdoptionLab.AI
- Everyone thought someone else had it
- What you will be able to do

### The six roles

- Six roles in every change
- Who does this task?
- Two meanings of champion
- Practice: which champion?

### Small teams, many hats

- One person, several hats
- Keep two jobs apart
- What happened in eight small practices
- Practice: the director wants to run it

### Fill the gaps

- Signs a role is missing
- Case study: define the role before hiring
- At kickoff, agree how you will know
- Case study: Alder Falls, part 3 of 7
- Ask so the role gets filled
- Practice: asking for a change lead

### Check and apply

- Check yourself
- Your work task: a one-page role map
- What to take with you
- How AdoptionLab.AI can help your team succeed

- Tell us what you think

### Check and apply

- Sources

Ends with a 7-question knowledge check.

## How to cite

AdoptionLab.AI. (2026). Who Does What in a Change [Free online course]. AdoptionLab Campus. https://campus.adoptionlab.ai/free/who-does-what-in-a-change

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