Let me make some additional comments regarding the model for Managing Change. Should this be your first time to this site and you want to understand the model that I use for Managing Change, I suggest that you go to the January 2008 Blog entry and start reading the next five monthly Blogs that explain each step in the model.
Let me explain the arrow at the bottom of the model. Note that a solid line goes from the Monitoring process back to the Measurement step in the model and a dotted line that goes back to the Vision. What this represents is that at each monthly meeting the session starts by going back to Monitoring where the results of the process can be observed. This should happen each month and then follow through with the appropriate review of the Initiatives and Implementation plans. The mechanics for doing so is spelled out in the Blog comments for those steps in the model.
Note that the line is dotted extending back to the Vision. It is not appropriate to go back each month to revisit the Vision and Strategies, as something is wrong if those need to be changed on a monthly basis. You should go back occasionally to remind yourself of them. However, annually the Vision and Strategies should be reviewed and revised where appropriate. This review should also take place if something significant should take place, like a 911 event, that should cause the organization to revisit its high level guidelines of its Vision and Strategies.
This process should continue forever.
