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5. Testing - New ways to deal with new reality.
6. Search for Meaning - Internalisation and seeking to
understand.
7. Integration - Incorporation of meanings within behaviours.
The Lewis-Parker 'Transition Curve' contains interesting
parallels at certain stages with the 'Conscious Competence'
learning model, which is another helpful perspective for
understanding change and personal development.
John Fisher's personal change model - questions and answers
Here are some helpful questions and answers which John Fisher
provided regarding his personal change 'Transition Curve' model
which is described above and featured on the diagrams linked
from this page:
1) How do we recognize what phases we are in?
Part of the problem is that we do not recognise which element of
the curve we may be in. The goal of the 'manager'/change agent
is to help make the transition as effective and painless as
possible. By providing education, information, support, etc. we
can help people transition through the curve and emerge on the
other side. One of the dangers is that once we are caught up in
the emotion of the change we may miss the signs of threat,
anxiety, etc. and 'react'/cope by complaining or attempting to
make things as they were (and also increase our stress levels as a
result).
2) Does everyone go through all the 9 phases, or will there
be people who will say, begin their personal transition from
the depression stage instead of the anxiety stage?
I would argue that we transit through all stages (although the