Change Management versus Transition Management
Many people are confused with the difference between “Change Management”, and Transition Management. Change is an external event that is focused on an end result or an outcome, and refers to the endless number of initiatives the organization or business is undertaking in order to ensure the strategy works: the [...]

How you view change affects how you respond to it.  From person to person we look at change differently based on our experience, but even within your daily life, your approach to change will vary with circumstance, state of mind, and whether the change was one you planned or one that was planned for you.  [...]

Every kind of business is now competing in a world in which constant flux is the norm.  Change cannot follow our once-orderly models of “plan, implement, and then sustain.”  People who studied organizations in the 1960s and 1970s were trained in a three-step model posited by Kurt Lewin.
Kurt Lewin developed a three-step model that he [...]

Change is one of those words that can send even the most seasoned manager or business owner into a panic.  Generally it means some level of disruption in your daily operations, or in your plans for the future.  However, it does not have to be that way.  When you really sit down and think about, [...]

The next time you are having trouble dealing with changes in your life, or in your work, consider the possibility that the problem isn’t with the change but with the transition. “What’s the difference?” you may wonder. There’s a big difference.

Change
Transition

Internal
External

Situational
Psychological

Event-based
Experience-based

Defined by outcome
Defined by process

Can occur quickly
Always takes time

The difference between change and [...]

Change and Grieving
As you are experiencing change, especially if you consider it significant change, you may experience a profound sense of loss. Oddly enough, this may occur even if the change is perceived as something that is positive, such as a raise that enables you to move into a bigger house.
In order to move beyond [...]