Kurt Lewin’s Three Step Change Model

Change is a common thread that runs through all businesses regardless of size, industry, and age. Our world is changing fast and organizations must change quickly, too. Organizations that handle change well thrive, whilst those that do not may struggle to survive. 

Kurt Lewin's change model includes:

• UNFREEZE:

This first stage of change involves preparing the organization to accept that change is necessary, which involves breaking down the existing business as usual before you can build up a new way of operating. This first part of the change process is usually the most difficult and stressful. When you start cutting down the way things are done, you put everyone and everything off balance.

• CHANGE:

After the uncertainty created in the unfreeze stage, the change stage is where people begin to resolve their uncertainty and look for new ways to do things. People start to believe and act in ways that support the new direction.

• REFREEZE:

When the changes are taking shape and people have embraced the new ways of working, the organization is ready to refreeze. The outward signs of the refreeze are a stable organization chart, consistent job descriptions, etc.

REFERENCE:

https://www.accipio.com/eleadership/mod/wiki/view.php?id=1873