Lewin’s Change Management Model

Understanding the Three Stages of Change

Change is a common thread that runs through all businesses regardless of size, industry and age.

Our world is changing fast and, as such, organizations must change quickly too. Organizations that handle change well thrive, whilst those that do not may struggle to survive.The concept of “change management” is a familiar one in most businesses today. But, how businesses manage change (and how successful they are at it) varies enormously depending on the nature of the business, the change and the people involved. And a key part of this depends on how far people within it understand the change process.

One of the cornerstone models for understanding organizational change was developed by Kurt Lewin back in the 1950s, and still holds true today. His model is known as Unfreeze – Change – Refreeze, refers to the three-stage process of change he describes. Lewin, a physicist as well as social scientist, explained organizational change using the analogy of changing the shape of a block of ice

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Power Your Mind To Master Creative Visualization

Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create pictures of yourself achieving a desired goal or outcome and focusing on that image until you achieve your objective.

Thought is a power and has its effect on the material world. Thoughts, if powerful enough, travel from one mind to another. If we keep thinking the same thought, people in our environment perceive it and act on it, furthering, usually in an unconscious manner, the materialization of our desires.

Use your natural creative imagination in a more and more conscious way, as a technique to create what you truly want.

Use the power of your imagination to create what you want in your life.

Let go of your limitations - Act Now!

Change Management

Peter de Jagar was interviewed on the subject of change management. Change management is his forte and his involvement in the Y2K project is indication enough of his enthusiasm for the subject. You can listen to the interview here.

Peter's blog is the SisyphusChronicles