What are the three necessary steps of the change process?

• A. Managing, Recreating, and Rejuvenating
• B. Planning, Implementing, and Controlling
• C. Diagnosing, Designing, and Delivering
• D. Initiating, Executing, and Sustaining

Answer: (A)

Change success isn’t just about launching something new; it’s about keeping the new way of working alive and improving it over time. The three steps you’re learning are managing, recreating, and rejuvenating.

Managing sets up the direction and oversight for the change. It involves governance, clear goals, stakeholder engagement, and tracking progress to keep everyone aligned and resources in place. Without this, the change can drift or stall.

Recreating is the hands-on phase of turning the plan into reality. It’s where processes, systems, roles, and daily routines are redesigned and embedded so the new approach actually works in practice. It’s not enough to approve a change; you have to implement and adapt it in real work.

Rejuvenating keeps the change from fading away. This step reinforces new behaviors, strengthens the culture around the change, provides ongoing learning, and looks for continuous improvements so the gains endure and can grow as conditions evolve.

These three together cover the full lifecycle: guide and govern the change, implement it effectively, and sustain and renew it over time. Other option sequences resemble project-management steps or design phases, but they don’t emphasize the ongoing renewal that sustains transformation.