Sustaining change & evaluation in OD
Stages of transition
Individual intervention strategies for an OD practitioner to use
OD practitioners are not done until they have effectively evaluated and sustained the change within the organization.
Take a look at a performance aid I created that summarizes the process and mechanisms for evaluating the intervention and making sure the positive changes made have stuck.
Anderson (2019) identifies a wide-array of intervention strategies, but before that, it's important to point out that change on a personal level is a cause-and-effect type of process to undergo. This process is identified as such:
Endings - recognizing and freeing past practices.
Neutral Zone - when old and new ways of doing things aren't fully established; a bit of a discomfort is present here.
New Beginnings - starting and stopping points that an individual faces as new changes are being adopted (p. 228).
There are a plethora of strategies utilized by OD practitioners to help the individual member of an organization develop and grow. These can include (but are certainly not limited to) the following:
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Coaching
Mentoring
360 Feedback
Career Planning & Development (Anderson, 2019)