Practical resources

Choose the change approach. Apply the right framework.

A connected set of workbooks for diagnosing organizational change, selecting a practical approach, and translating Lewin, Kotter, or ADKAR into an owned action plan.

Begin with diagnosis, not a favourite model.

Use the selection guide first. It helps clarify what is changing, who is affected, how much uncertainty exists, and which implementation risk matters most.

After choosing a framework, move into the corresponding application guide. Each workbook includes prompts, action tables, owners, measures, and review questions.

Recommended sequenceSelection GuideLewin, Kotter, or ADKARAction plan and review
Start here5-page workbook

Change Approach and Framework Selection Guide

Choose the approach and framework

Diagnose the type and scale of change, choose a planned, emergent, dialogic, or hybrid approach, identify the main implementation risk, and select Lewin, Kotter, or ADKAR.

Framework guide3-page workbook

Lewin Application Guide

Apply unfreezing, moving, and refreezing

Plan how to release the current pattern, introduce and test the new way of working, and stabilize it through systems, routines, measures, and reinforcement.

Framework guide5-page workbook

Kotter Application Guide

Apply the eight-step model

Build urgency, form a guiding coalition, define and communicate the vision, remove obstacles, create wins, sustain momentum, and anchor the change in culture.

Framework guide4-page workbook

ADKAR Application Guide

Diagnose and support adoption

Assess Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, and Reinforcement across affected groups, then assign actions, owners, measures, and review points.

Related Business Capsule

Choosing a Change Management Approach and Framework

Read the practical explanation of change types, incremental and transformational change, planned, emergent, and dialogic approaches, and the distinct roles of Lewin, Kotter, and ADKAR.

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How to use the collection

Work through the questions with the people closest to the change.

Use evidence, make assumptions visible, assign owners, and schedule review points so the plan can adjust as the change progresses.