The Satir Change Model

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The Satir Change Management Model, originally developed by Virginia Satir, a distinguished family therapist, serves as a comprehensive framework for understanding and navigating organizational change. Emphasizing the human element within change processes, it elucidates the dynamics of transformation and its impacts on performance.

Comprising five distinct stages, the model delineates the evolving reactions of individuals and groups throughout the change journey:

• Late Status Quo: This is the business-as-usual stage before the change occurs, where individuals and groups are comfortable with the current situation. They may be aware of some problems or issues but prefer to stay in their comfort zone. At this stage, leaders need to encourage people to seek improvement information and ideas from outside the group.
• Resistance: This is the stage where something new or unexpected happens, disrupting the status quo and triggering the change process. People become aware of the upcoming change and start to feel anxious, angry, fearful, and even try to sabotage the change. At this stage, leaders need to help people to open up, recognize the necessity of change, and overcome the reaction to deny, avoid, or blame.
• Chaos: This is the stage where the change is implemented whereas the old ways of working are disrupted. It is the most turbulent…