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Click on a figure to learn about the Six-Step Cycle of Change
Cycle of Change Model adapted from The Six Steps of [ Step
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Five ] [Step Six ] Change can be understood as a six-step, repeating process with two central features of resistance and resiliency. Knowledge of the change cycle makes it easier to both lead and follow change. Use the picture above to understand how the Cycle of Change works. Click on a figure to learn about the steps of change. Change always follows this basic process although it may sometimes start at Step Two with no warning. An accident or an unexpected business reversal are such changes. With sudden change there is no sense that, "Something’s up?" You cannot prepare in advance but the other steps in the change cycle remain the same. Starting at step two you must first determine the nature of the situation. What has happened? What is the danger? What is the possibility? Once the issue can be stated then a plan of action must be formulated and then put into place. With experience and adjustment the plan is successful and you return to a new normality. If you assess your life you will find that you are on several cycles of change at once. One cycle is at work and when you are at home there is another. These cycles are not often synchronized . Family changes, church changes, and community changes add to the complexity. In some areas you are being led into change and in others you are the person who is leading others into change. Emotionally you will also a variety of experiences. As you go through loss in one area of your life in another you are beginning to regain hope. The emotional wheels of life keep turning through the four phases of loss, suffering, hope, and happiness. Balancing all of this intricacy of change is where the real challenge of change is found. The Six Steps [ Step
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Maurer, Rick. Beyond the Wall of Resistance: Unconventional strategies that build support for change. Austin, Texas: Bard Press 1996. Go to Rick Maurer's Web Site |
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