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Managing Change A Transition Perspective
Michael Higgins Career Coach and Author ISKO 29th May 2018 © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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Plan for the session What is your experience of managing change? People’s reactions as derailers The Kubler Ross model of change The Bridges model of transition Coping Mechanisms Implications © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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Your experiences What sorts of changes do you instigate? Think about a significant change you have witnessed to the way an organisation works How did you experience it? What helped the process? What hindered the process? © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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Kubler-Ross Change Curve
Morale/Effectiveness Anger Integration Frustration Exploration Shock Depression Time © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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Bridges Transition Model
Endings Disengagement Dismantling Disidentification Disenchantment Disorientation The Neutral Zone 40 days in the wilderness New Beginnings Clues Hunches Notice your attention © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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Coping Mechanisms Problem-focused Active coping Planning Suppression of competing activities Restraint coping Seeking of instrumental social support Disengagement Emotional-focused Seeking of emotional social support Positive reinterpretation Acceptance Denial Turning to religion Other Focus on and venting of emotions Behavioural disengagement Mental disengagement Disengagement through drugs © This Is My Path Limited 2016
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Implications Self knowledge – own stage, reactions, preferred coping mechanisms Display empathy but manage the boundaries Allow time Be the adult Changing career – time and stages © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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Resources Bridges, W ‘Transitions, Making Sense of Life’s Changes’ (2004) Carver, C.S; Scheier, M F ; Weintraub, J K. (1989) ‘Assessing Coping Strategies: A Theoretically Based Approach’, Journal of personality and social psychology, 56(2), pp Ibarra, H ‘Working Identity’ (2003) Higgins, M ‘Pit Stop: A Career Workbook for Busy People’ (2012) © This Is My Path Limited 2018
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