Leading and Managing Change

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
Change is inevitable. David Bowie wrote a hunky-dory song about change. Barack Obama won his presidential campaign with the promise of change. Disruptive technologies are all about change. Why then is there often resistance to change in the workplace? How can managers lead and manage change more effectively?
Given the complexities of the [...]

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New Thoughts on Lewin’s Three-Stage Change Model

Kurt Lewin, a pioneer of social psychology, developed a three-stage model for change management based on his observations of group dynamics and organizational development.
Stage One: Unfreezing – Managers inform employees of problems and performance gaps and the need for change. This diagnosis stage is often driven by a change [...]

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