The Seven Stage Change Cycle

Stage One: Choosing the Target Conscious will translation=You and the group “gotta want to” Define the change Create the vision

Stage Two: Setting Goals Real life, real food, real results So what could go wrong? So what is it going to take on all our parts?

Stage Three: Initiating Action We are all in this together Stop planning and Start doing

Stage Four: Making Connections People have to talk about it together Guiding, managing the discussion

Stage Five: Rebalancing to Accommodate Change Choose things All change no matter how small affects the whole system Balance means creating – Harmony – Stabilization

Stage Six: Consolidating the Learning Now let’s review – What did we want to do? – Did we do it? – What worked? – What did not? – What does the future look like?

Stage Seven: Moving to the Next Cycle Nothing succeeds like success Change leads to further change So what’s next?