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The Life Cycle of Change

Where energy rises — or stalls — during change. Four stages that decide whether a change takes hold or fades by Friday.

Why change stalls

Change fails between the stages, not within them

Most change effort pours into the what and the skill — the plan and the training. But energy leaks at the joins: people who don't see the meaning, or aren't emotionally ready, quietly disengage long before capability is the issue.

This model tracks all four stages so you can see where energy is rising and where it's draining — and act before it stalls.

The four stages

What · Will · Skill · Do

What
Clarity & Meaning
  • What do you want to see?
  • Improved performance and results
  • Why it matters, here
→
Will
Emotional Readiness
  • Need to…
  • Want to…
  • Can do… Will do
→
Skill
Capability & Confidence
  • Tools
  • Techniques
  • Processes
→
Do
Practice & Reinforcement
  • Support
  • Coaching
  • Review & accountability

It's a cycle, not a line

Each round of practice reshapes clarity and readiness for the next change. The organisations that sustain change treat Do → What as a loop, not an endpoint.

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Part of a system: the Life Cycle of Change is the engine behind our Change Readiness Snapshot (which scores What, Will and Skill), and it works alongside the Emotional Fitness Model and Relational Maturation Model.
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