1. Change and Transition: Journey to the New Normal
Tony Cipollone for:
Job Search Focus Group (Hyde Park)
Cincinnati OH
Tuesday September 7, 2010

2. “Where do you work?” “I’m in transition.”
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3. CHANGE External Instant Difference TRANSITION Internal
Happens over time
Transformation
Ending
Neutral Zone
New Beginning

4. What Transition Does For Us
Reorientation/Redefinition
Personal Growth
Authentication
Creativity
Spirituality
Renewal
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5. Transition as Transformation
Ending –
Dis-engagement: separation from what is lost
Dis-identification: loss destroys “old” identity
Dis-enchantment: loss is “wake up call”
Dis-orientation: bewilderment on losing anchors to accustomed world, identity
“What do I need to let go of now?”
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6. Neutral Zone: Finding Your “Way”
Pitfalls:
Staying “stuck” in old identity
Pushing prematurely for certainty, closure
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7. Neutral Zone: Finding Your “Way”
Helps:
Change perspective: opportunity vs problem
Explore & be curious
Embrace setbacks as entry points into new solutions
Brainstorm new answers to old problems
Get connected
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8. Neutral Zone: Finding Your “Way”
Key Questions: “How can I make this interim between old and new not only a bearable time but one during which I enhance myself?” “How can I come out of this waiting time better than I was before the transition started?”
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9. Questions/Discussion
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