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3 Simple Questions to Lead People Through a Change Transition - by William Bridges
William Bridges focuses on the transitions and the psychological changes that lie behind significant organisational change. Bridges draws the important and frequently overlooked distinction between change and transition. Bridges sees change as situational and transition as psychological. He poses these 3 simple questions...
Good Peer Realtions Enable Leadership Transitions
Despite rigorous selection criteria and intense training, Michael, an employee reporting to you, is not working out. His attitude and personal habits are fine, but you have invested heavily in his development but have come to the realization he will be better off as an individual contributor rather than a leader.

The Two Primary Self-Leadership Errors Made in Transition
Who hasn’t experienced difficulties that seemed insurmountable? When circumstances interrupt one’s comfort zone of living, they can cause multiple transitions, which may feel like you’re being pushed into a corner where there seems to be no way out. The corner looks dreary, hopeless, and dark with no solutions to problems taking over your life. Maybe you tried everything you could think of and still found no resolution.

Keeping in Touch: How to Avoid Return to Sender
I've always been a big postcard sender and this vacation was no exception! Watching me write the cards, one of the friends with whom I was traveling, a woman in her 80's, mentioned how sad it is that she's lost contact with many of her friends over the past several years. She said she doesn't know if her friends are sick, have passed away, or moved, and she doesn't know how to find out.
Confusion is a Moving Target – Now What?
Dramatic transitions that occur beyond our control can stir up emotions of fear, doubt, anxiety and uncertainty. Changes persuade us to move in new directions, yet there is hesitancy to risk moving forward into the unknown. The change may even be a welcomed change. But our comfort zones are strong allies in maintaining the status quo. The past, even though it is gone, is where most people live; using it to make assumptions about the future. The future is unpredictable. Now what?
Honouring Our Resourcefulness
In the midst of difficult times, we can forget the special resource living deeply within us that has brought us through situations when we felt pressured or trapped or challenged. This inner resource, available to everyone, is a source of solidity and strength that lives at the core of us and can carry us through adversity. It shows up uniquely when we remember to tap into it. Knowing how to reach it is important in building a sense of self-trust.

Guess What? Succession Planning is not Rocket Science
Managing your workforce more effectively than your competitors can give your organization a competitive edge. Putting the best people in the most critical positions means that better decisions are made more quickly, and this leads to better bottom line results.

Discovering A Leader's Defining Moment
Defining transitions are the greatest opportunities to live life doing what you are meant to do. Unfortunately for most of us, it takes a boulder to get our attention to move on and follow our destiny. The boulder usually is a loss of some kind or someone. Even though a relationship or event may not be a pleasant one, we know what to expect from it. What lies ahead during change is uncertain and scarier than the present experience. But when our thoughts are focusing on what's making us unhappy we actually attract more unhappiness. It is hard to believe that we would attract what we don't want, but our thoughts are energy in motion attracting more of the same.

The Power of Letting Go
By moving through and letting go of our fears, we can envision and create the life that we truly want for ourselves. By contrast, when we let our preconceived notions about ourselves and our fears take control, we can be paralyzed by them
Struggle If You Must During Career Transition, But Why Should You?
To advance forward is to advance to new perspectives by developing new competencies in both soft and hard skills. What is meant by soft and hard skills? I see the hard skills as those that are produced. They are measurable, quantifiable and can be observed outside of self. They have empirical evidence. For example, when a client of mine has a goal to make a career transition into another field of interest and she/he has succeeded, it is obvious to everyone who is familiar with him/her. It is measurable in that the client did break away from one profession and moved into another, which could be seen by others.

Don't Drag a Dead Horse
In "Transitions, Making Sense of Life's Changes" by William Bridges, the transitions of life have three distinct stages (Endings, Neutral Zone and Beginnings). Bridges states we have a life time of transitions. However, it is very important to understand that before you can begin a new phase of your life, you must end the old phase. An ending is actually the first phase of the transition process and a precondition of self renewal. You must end before you can begin. Many times the endings are ones dealing with past experiences and thoughts. So don't drag a dead horse through the desert.

I Live by a Simple Philosophy Which Helped me Become Successful!
What is the secret to success? Why are so many people struggling with the idea that success is simple. If you really want to know what the secret to success is free your mind of any former ideas and open your thought process to the fact that success is not actually that difficult, in fact my simple philosophy can help you attain your goal.
Writing Skills Atrophy Among Copycats, And Do-It-Yourself Business Communication Marketing
One of the best business communication marketing moves I ever made was sending out a monthly newsletter to current and prospective clients. I say that because it's a natural form of self-promotion minus obnoxious hype. You get your name out there -- with a lot of the keywords that attract search engines -- and you give readers an inkling of what you can do for them. Its value lies in an almost nonexistent "nag quotient." Far too often, I get insistent, "look at me!," "have I got an introductory offer for you!" emails from search engine optimization firms, online degree factories, "experts" in attracting government contracts, weight loss specialists, you name it. Not a one adds an iota to my knowledge of what they offer. Hype is what it is. But a newsletter that gives practical advice is truly effective business communication.

Leadership Strategy - Remove The Deal Breaker to Success And Happiness
The caveat during transitions, whether personally or new directions professionally, are past beliefs and paradigms fighting against change. The inner saboteurs are in their warring gear standing steadfast to have you believe that it is safer to stay put or you will end up in a worse position. They are determined to convince you that the "right" choice is not to rock the boat otherwise you will sink!

HR Department Basic Functions
Even though there are many ways to structure an HR department, most of them generally look the same. They are typically made up of “generalists” or “specialists” or some combination thereof. Sometimes one generalist will oversee a group of specialists and sometimes the reverse is true depending on the needs of the organization and the available talent on hand. But in all, whether you have a formalized HR department or not, there are a few necessary skill sets that make up, and round out the overall practice.
Psychological Tricks For Writing Sales Letters and Marketing Emails
Advanced techniques that will make your sales letter copy mesmerizing and motivating.
Rapid Discontinuous Change
Being a leader in today's Business Culture is not always easy. There is therefore an even greater need for leaders to understand the landscape of both the people they lead and the customers that they are trying to impact. If your organization isn't reflecting similar rhythms to the global market, then you are simply going to be left behind.

Repent! The End Is Near!
As we come to the end of the year, we might wonder, 'What do I do when I come to the end of a midlife relationship?'
Make It Happen - You Are Smarter Than You Think
Transitions are a way to grow to a better life and career. Allowing circumstances and false beliefs the power to decide what you can and can’t do, is not living up to your potential.
Who Has Your Intellectual Capital
Build Business Value when Preparing for a Business Sale, Merger and Acquisition, (M&A) by Protecting Your Key People

Smart Women Know When to Let Go
This article is about realizing that in order for things to change in our life, we ourselves need to change. A wise mentor told me once, that “change does not always mean success but success always means change.” We need to let go of the things that no longer serve us and create the space for something new. New growth and learning, new relationships, new career. Whatever you want to manifest in your life, you will need to make changes along the way.
How To Use PowerPoint During Sales Presentations
Using PowerPoint slides during a sales presentation can have a big impact on your customers. Using it the wrong way can have an even bigger negative impact.

Doing Business With Extra Speed
Transitions – the brief break between the swim and ride, or ride and run – can save us time if we eliminate wasteful actions.

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Make It Happen - You Are Smarter Than You Think
Transitions are a way to grow to a better life and career. Allowing circumstances and false beliefs the power to decide what you can and can’t do, is not living up to your potential.
'Twas the Night before Christmas
The holidays are a reminder, as the year transitions, that we, too are always in transition. The Spirit of the holidays can remind us that the joy of the season arises only from within.
Disciplines of Success Regardless of Economic Trends
Self-leadership combined with leadership is critical in combining work and pleasure. These are skills that can be learned. Champions keep on learning. They see the opportunities through transitions. Effective leaders are self-aware of the principles and characteristics of influential leadership. They know how to be fully engaged in their surroundings and are proactive in their goals and success.

Leadership Strategy - Remove The Deal Breaker to Success And Happiness
The caveat during transitions, whether personally or new directions professionally, are past beliefs and paradigms fighting against change. The inner saboteurs are in their warring gear standing steadfast to have you believe that it is safer to stay put or you will end up in a worse position. They are determined to convince you that the "right" choice is not to rock the boat otherwise you will sink!

Your Own Personal Stile
It's a fact of the human condition: transitions never come easily. They always appear as an interruption in the kind of life we desire and even plan for: a life of security, tranquility, ease, and peace.
The Two Primary Self-Leadership Errors Made in Transition
Who hasn’t experienced difficulties that seemed insurmountable? When circumstances interrupt one’s comfort zone of living, they can cause multiple transitions, which may feel like you’re being pushed into a corner where there seems to be no way out. The corner looks dreary, hopeless, and dark with no solutions to problems taking over your life. Maybe you tried everything you could think of and still found no resolution.

Adjusting to a New Leader
When a new leader takes over an organization, all kinds of things chaange immediately. There is a process going on, but sometimes it is hard to see it. This article discusses some of the dynamics going on in most leadership transitions.

Best of the Janes: Changing to Live as Your Ideal Entrepreneurial Type
While individual female business owners will craft unique plans for changing their entrepreneurial styles so they can live their ideal type, every entrepreneur can take into account certain considerations that will make their transitions smoother.

Don't Drag a Dead Horse
In "Transitions, Making Sense of Life's Changes" by William Bridges, the transitions of life have three distinct stages (Endings, Neutral Zone and Beginnings). Bridges states we have a life time of transitions. However, it is very important to understand that before you can begin a new phase of your life, you must end the old phase. An ending is actually the first phase of the transition process and a precondition of self renewal. You must end before you can begin. Many times the endings are ones dealing with past experiences and thoughts. So don't drag a dead horse through the desert.

Doing Business With Extra Speed
Transitions – the brief break between the swim and ride, or ride and run – can save us time if we eliminate wasteful actions.

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