Transitions are universal. They include the important and familiar
milestones of starting kindergarten, graduating from high school or
college, and becoming employed, parents, or retirees. These
transitional moments, however, also include unexpected or
unanticipated events like losing a job, joining a running club, or
experiencing a global pandemic. In each of these moments,
individuals, groups, and organizations experience the anxiety,
self-doubt, worry, and uncertainty associated with these novel
experiences. Our natural response to these moments is to avoid,
side-step, or hurry through until this moment of transition is
over. The problem with these strategies is that while we are trying
to shut out the unpleasant feelings of those moments, we also miss
all the possibilities and discovery. What if we invested time,
training, and space to learn, experiment with and strengthen our
ability to wrestle with and successfully navigate these moments of
transition? Whether a significant transition like moving into a new
school or just shifting from one project to the next, we need to
build strategies and techniques to leverage and learn from the
discomfort that individuals experience during these moments. This
book offers names and faces for our feelings, thoughts, and
reactions in our transitions. It is based on sound research and
data collected by the author and other researchers but is also
based on the author's experiences, mistakes, reflection, and
learning from doing the work in different contexts. It includes a
framework to learn to stay in these transitions, embrace
dissonance, and leverage these moments of discovery. Whether you
want to introduce this transitions framework and strategies in a
classroom, boardroom, or your own life, this book is for you and
your organization to start the intentional work to create spaces,
and time to name, feel, explore, reflect on, and move through the
myriad transitions occurring during our personal and professional
journeys.
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