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- Prepare a presentation of the policy proposal you developed in Assessment 2 for one of the stakeholder groups identified in your proposal. Inform the group about the future of organizational policy and practices, the current performance shortfalls, and the rationale for why the new policy and practices are needed. In addition, explain how the group will benefit from this change in order to obtain their buy-in and support.

An important aspect of change leadership is the ability to address diverse groups of stakeholders and create buy-in and support for your ideas and proposals for change. This assessment provides you with an opportunity to demonstrate and hone these skills.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
- Competency 1: Analyze the effects of health care policies, laws, and regulations on organizations, interprofessional teams, and personal practice.
o Explain how a proposed change in institutional policy or practice guidelines related to an existing health care policy or law would affect a stakeholder group.
Competency 3: Lead the development and implementation of ethical and culturally sensitive policies that improve health outcomes for individuals, organizations, and populations.
o Propose an institutional policy or practice guidelines related to an existing local, state, or federal health care policy or law.
o Explain how proposed change in policy or practice guidelines would improve the quality of work and outcomes for a particular stakeholder group.
Competency 4: Evaluate relevant indicators of performance, such as benchmarks, research, and best practices, for health care policies and law for patients, organizations, and populations.
o Interpret for stakeholders the relevant benchmark metrics that illustrate the need for a policy or practice guidelines.
Competency 5: Develop strategies to work collaboratively with policy makers, stakeholders, and colleagues to address environmental (governmental and regulatory) forces.
o Propose strategies for collaborating with a stakeholder group to implement and apply proposed institutional policy or practice guidelines related to a local, state, or federal health care policy or law.
Competency 6: Apply various methods of communicating with policy makers, stakeholders, colleagues, and patients to ensure that communication in a given situation is professional, clear, efficient, and effective.
o Apply persuasive and effective communication strategies when presenting to a group of stakeholders.

complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

- How would you ensure that a policy proposal you are presenting to stakeholders is effective for obtaining their support?
- What strategic planning model would you adopt for setting compliance, quality improvement, and implementation goals for your proposed policy?

In your presentation, in an order that makes sense for your presentation, senior leaders have asked that you:
- Interpret for stakeholders the relevant benchmark metrics that illustrate the need for a change in organizational policy and practice.
o Provide a brief review of the metrics you are trying to improve for this stakeholder group, based on the dashboard benchmark evaluation you completed in Assessment 1.
o Be sure to interpret the dashboard metrics in a way that is understandable and meaningful to the stakeholder group to which you are presenting.
Explain your proposed change in policy and practice guidelines and how it relates to applicable local, state, or federal health care laws or policies.
o What specific changes are you proposing?
o How will these changes help drive performance improvement?
o Why are policy and practice guidelines important, from an organizational standpoint?
o What is the overall goal of the proposed policy or practice guidelines?
Explain how your proposed change in policy or practice guidelines will affect the tasks and responsibilities of the stakeholder group to which you are presenting.
o How might your proposal change what tasks the stakeholder group performs or how they currently perform them?
o How might your proposal affect the stakeholder group's workload?
o How might your proposal alter the responsibilities of the stakeholder group?
o How might your proposal improve working conditions for the stakeholder group?
Explain how your proposed change in policy or practice guidelines will improve the quality of work and outcomes for the stakeholder group to which you are presenting.
o How will your proposed changes improve the group's quality of work?
o How will your proposed change improve outcomes for the group?
o How will these improvements enable the stakeholder group to be more successful?
Explain your strategies for collaborating with the stakeholder group to implement your proposed change in policy or practice guidelines.
o What role will the stakeholder group play in implementing your proposal?
o How could the stakeholder group collaborate with you and others during the implementation of your proposal?
o Why is the stakeholder group's collaboration important to successful implementation of your proposal?
Design your presentation to be persuasive and effective in communicating with the stakeholder group.
o Is your presentation logically organized, clear, and professional?