WHEN TRANSITIONS GO RIGHT
The starting point for transition is not the outcome but the ending you need to embrace to let go of the familiar .
you are exploring how to make sense of this world you are living in and the new routines and skills you will need to move forward . Engaging is when we are moving out of that neutral zone into the change with a sense of new identity , new energy and purpose .
• Ending is letting go
• Exploring is looking for
• Engaging is living into
Change is where you are focusing on the outcomes that change will produce .
The starting point for transition is not the outcome but the ending you need to embrace to let go of the familiar . As Bridges writes : “ Because transition is a process by which people unplug from an old world and plug into a new world , we can say that transition begins with an ending and finishes with a beginning .”
The distinction between change and transition is key to sustainable change . Without it , we will flounder in our efforts , creating unnecessary confusion , hurt and problems for our lives and organizations .
Dennis Easter is supervisor of the Southern California District of The Foursquare Church ( U . S .).
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