Modern organizations face constantly varying market conditions, customer demands, technologies, input costs and competition. They must adapt to these shifting forces to avoid being eaten up. Change management is managing the impact that these crucial adaptations can have on an organization's people. Four typical responses to change are the critic who opposes the change, the victim who panics, the bystander who ignores the change, and the navigator who's empowered to work with changing circumstances. The challenge for managers is to help people become navigators. Here's some things that we know that help this happen. Number one, communicate the threat of not changing. Number two, where possible involve your team in decision making. Number three, minimize uncertainty. Number four, celebrate successes in moving towards the goal. Number five, keep explaining why we're changing. Remember that when there's an information vacuum, people often assume that managers are plotting terrible things. So number six, be as transparent as possible. To summarize, organizations must continually adapt in order to survive. To create change navigators, communicate the threat, involve your team, minimize uncertainty, celebrate positive shifts, and be as transparent as possible.