The Seven Principles For Dealing Successfully With Transition

• You have to end before you begin
• After the ending and before the new beginning, there is a confusing in-between time called The Neutral Zone
• That confusing neutral zone can also be a time of great creativity
• While change can occur randomly, transition is developmental and full of personal meaning
• Transition is also the primary source of personal renewal
• People go through transition at different speeds and in different ways
• Most individuals are running a transition deficit most of the time

What Is Changing?

• Learn how to deal with transition
• Comparison to life sciences
• Facing the significant changes
• The transition perspective

Managing Endings

• Every transition begins with an ending
• What are you losing in the change?
• Describing your loss and evaluating your situation

Getting Through The Neutral Zone

• Neutral Zone as the “in-between” time
• The Neutral Zone motto – C.U.S.P.
• How to obtain control of the situation in the Neutral Zone
• The positive aspects of having understanding, support and purpose

New Beginnings

• Converting the possibilities
• The benefits of being positive to shifts in your plan
• How to obtain control of the situation in the Neutral Zone
• The distractions of other unrelated changes