TJ Certification™
TJ Certification recognises demonstrated change-management competence — not attendance alone. Candidates combine formal learning, practical application, assessment and workplace evidence to show that they can deliver change successfully.
Certified by The TJ Institute in The TJ Method™.
The TJ Method is an applied change management system that trains, certifies and equips people to deliver change successfully — from initial diagnosis through sustained adoption and measurable outcomes. It is an independently developed change-management system.
Attending a course demonstrates that someone was present. It does not demonstrate that they can make sound decisions under pressure, choose the right tool for a situation, or deliver adoption that lasts. TJ Certification asks candidates to show that they can.
01
Build structured knowledge through TJ Academy™.
02
Apply the method through simulations and Foundry assignments.
03
Submit evidence and complete competency-based assessments.
04
Maintain certification through continuing professional development and current practice.
“We certify what practitioners can demonstrate — not simply what they have attended.”
Four distinct roles. Learning and certification are deliberately separate, because the body that teaches you should not be the body that decides whether you passed.
The applied, end-to-end change-management system.
Delivers formal learning and practical development.
Independently assesses and certifies practitioner competence.
Provides guided workflows, tools and continuing practitioner support.
Four levels, one ladder. Every level carries an availability label — none is open for applications yet, and we would rather say so than let a pathway diagram imply otherwise.
I
Can apply The TJ Method, its tools and core practices to a defined organisational change.
Best suited to: new and developing change practitioners, project professionals and people supporting a defined change initiative.
II
Can lead complex change end to end, integrate change activity with delivery teams and demonstrate adoption outcomes.
Best suited to: experienced practitioners accountable for planning and delivering organisational change.
III
Can lead change portfolios, establish strategy and governance, coach practitioners and build organisational change capability.
Best suited to: senior change leaders, heads of change and portfolio-level practitioners.
IV
Demonstrates sustained professional excellence, contributes to the development of the profession and may be authorised to assess or teach others.
Best suited to: highly experienced practitioners with an established record of professional leadership.
Each certification may combine several of the following. The exact requirements vary by level.
Method 01
Tests understanding, professional judgement and the ability to select an appropriate response.
Method 02
Requires candidates to respond to a realistic organisational change as new information and challenges emerge.
Method 03
Examines work products and evidence showing how the candidate has applied change-management practices.
Method 04
Allows an assessor to verify the candidate’s decisions, experience and individual contribution.
FORGE™ is the delivery model within The TJ Method — the five stages every change runs through, whether or not anyone names them. Frame. Organise. Ready. Guide. Embed.
Clarify intended outcomes, organisational context, impacts, dependencies and risks.
Establish sponsorship, governance, accountabilities and integration with delivery.
Understand stakeholders, change impacts, organisational readiness and capability requirements.
Engage, communicate, equip and support people while addressing resistance and adoption barriers.
Reinforce new behaviours, measure adoption and outcomes, and sustain the change.
The Foundry™ is the digital workbench for The TJ Method — turning professional standards into guided workflows, practical tools, quality controls and decision support. It is not a template library: a template gives you a blank document, whereas The Foundry carries the standard, the sequence and the check.
The TJ Institute is responsible for certification decisions. TJ Academy delivers learning. Keeping those separate is what makes a certification mean something.
These settings are proposed and not yet formally adopted. They are published now so that prospective candidates and employers can see the intended standard before committing time to it.
| Certification validity | Three years |
|---|---|
| Renewal requirement | 30 hours of relevant continuing professional development |
| Continued practice | Evidence of current change-management practice |
| Additional requirement | Compliance with the professional code and certification policies |
Successful candidates will receive a secure digital credential containing information about the issuer, skills demonstrated, earning criteria, issue date and expiry date.
Certification is in development. Join the waitlist and we will contact you when the Practitioner level opens, with the published requirements before you commit.