Refreezing techniques

Disciplines > Change Management > Lewin's freeze phases > Refreezing techniques

Refreezing is the third of Lewin's change transition stages, where people are taken from a state of being in transition and moved to a stable and productive state.

Here are some ways to make it happen:

• Burning bridges: Ensure there is no way back.
• Evidence stream: Show them time and again that the change is real.
• Golden handcuffs: Put rewards in their middle-term future.
• Institutionalization: Building change into the formal systems and structures.
• New challenge: Get them looking to the future.
• Reward alignment: Align rewards with desired behaviors.
• Rites of passage: Use formal rituals to confirm change.
• Socializing: Build it into the social fabric.

See also

Retention techniques, Unfreezing techniques, Transitioning techniques