5 Change Management Models that You Should Look Into
Status quo bias can lead to organizations’ blind spots, where they fail to see an opportunity for change or improvement in their processes or products.
In order for organizations to ensure that their products and services meet the needs of their customers and clients, they need to improve continuously through a transformation process.
In this article, we will look at 5 change management models that you should look into.
These 5 popular change management models can help you improve your own organization’s processes or products, while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction levels and sales revenue.
1. John Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model
Kotter’s change management model is pretty easy to follow and incorporate into your business.
It emphasizes preparing employees for new tasks rather than the implementation phase itself.
The strategic vision is the first step in Kotter’s model. The organization should develop a vision for its future, which includes changes to its organization, business, and technology.
Then it must put the vision into writing and ensure that all employees are aware of it. Only then you can reach a successful implementation.
2. McKinsey 7-S Model
McKinsey’s model simply shows all the business aspects that you should define before implementing any change strategy.
Management frameworks like this can help identify the issues, risks, and opportunities that are most important to a company.
In dealing with employee resistance, the model can be useful.
If there are concerns about changing the status quo, it may be better to identify the specific issues before taking action.
3. ADKAR Change Management Model
This change management model focuses on identifying the reasons something is working or not, and why change is not producing the results that people want.
Your management team needs to look at how changes are affecting their people, the customers, and their processes.
The change process has to consider the need for employee agreement, customer concerns, and existing processes.
Once you’ve identified the issues, you can work with your people to address them. Once you’ve taken care of those issues, you can work on new ways of working.
Do more than just address problems that come up in your process. Instead, design new processes that make things better.
4. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Five Stage Change Management Model
This model enables organizations to better understand their employees and empathize with them.
This is a five-step model that describes the stages that employees go through when their companies go through significant organizational changes.
A successful change management model has four key components: communication, recognition, engagement, and empowerment.
Without them, the model may not be effective. Poor communication can negatively affect company culture.
Employees can feel disengaged and unappreciated if you do not recognize them for their efforts.
5. Lewin’s Change Management Model
Lewin’s change management model sums up clearly in just 3 simple steps that every change management process has to go through: pre-change, during-change and after-change.
On the individual level, the team mostly achieved change, while the leader is part of the team. On a wider level, a change management organization often leads it.
You can see the three steps as different layers in a much larger pyramid that covers everything that leads to a change.
Take a Step Forward in Your Management Plan
The five change management models above can help you improve your corporate culture or products, while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction levels and sales revenue.
You can also use these change management models to make better decisions regarding organizational culture and management methods.
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