In the final stage, the change slows down on its own. Management skills are more valuable than ever. Restore stability, but don't go to sleep. Install a process for continual organizational renewal. The people who fare best after a company has taken a significant new direction are those who were active players in the change process.
People are the change in organizational change.
When people change the way they work, their companies change. When people continue to work as they have in the past, attempts at organizational change fail. This is true no matter how sound the plan for change, no matter how important the results intended, and no matter how compelling the leadership. Each individual in the organization makes a personal choice about the nature of his or her involvement in the change process. This applies equally to corporate officers, to people working at the bottom of the hierarchy, and to everyone in between.