Transitioning techniques

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Kurt Lewin's three phases give main phases of change. Once you have unfrozen the people, the next question is how you keep them going.

• Boiling the frog: Incremental changes may well not be noticed.
• Challenge: Inspire them to achieve remarkable things.
• Coaching: Psychological support for executives.
• Command: Tell them what to do.
• Education: Teach them, one step at a time.
• Facilitation: Use a facilitator to guide team meetings.
• First steps: Make it easy to get going.
• Involvement: Give them an important role.
• Management by Objectives (MBO): Tell people what to do, but not how.
• Open Space: People talking about what concerns them.
• Re-education: Train the people you have in new knowledge/skills.
• Restructuring: Redesign the organization to force behavior change.
• Shift-and-sync: Change a bit then pause restabilize.
• Spill and fill: Incremental movement to a new organization.
• Stepwise change: breaking things down into smaller packages.
• Whole-system Planning: Everyone planning together.

See also

Unfreezing techniques, Refreezing techniques