Change management | 5 approaches to help your organisation capitalise on change

Organisational change can be a challenge, but also poses an opportunity for businesses to improve and for HR practitioners to shine. The consequences of not managing change effectively can be catastrophic for a business.

The past three years have been the perfect test for firms, to see how well they can navigate change, imposed primarily by a pandemic and its consequential disruption of the status quo. Now, businesses are battling external economic pressures. Essentially, being able to manage and adapt to change is a must for any manager or business leader, as you must prepare your firm to withstand external pressures and come out the other side even stronger.

Change is a natural part of life, so too is it within the world of work, and change can often be a good thing if managers know how to deal with it. Change management approaches offer leaders ways to deal with the external challenges that are thrust upon them. Here are some of the best-known change management approaches...

The Lewin Model

The Lewin Model, developed by psychologist Kurt Lewin, consists of three stages: unfreezing, changing, and refreezing. Unfreezing involves preparing for change, changing is the implementation phase, and refreezing aims to solidify the new state.