Part II: The Methods

Part II is the heart of The Change Handbook. It is the product of numerous hands and the work of highly seasoned change practitioners. Many of the people in this section have devoted their lives to making the world a better place through increasing the capacity of ordinary people to make a substantive difference in their lives, their organizations, and their communities.

We’ve organized this part of the book into five sections using the overarching purposes of the methods: Adaptable, Planning, Structuring, Improving, and Supportive. Within each section, we open with the “in-depth” chapters organized alphabetically. Following the in-depth chapters within each purpose are “thumbnails,” short summaries to give you a taste of the work. Coupled with the quick summaries in Part IV and the end-of-chapter references, you have the means of finding more information about any of these processes.

And now to the heart of the matter …