The Ending Stage
The first stage of transition that you must manage is the ending. With every transition, there is an ending to the way things used to be. To successfully adapt to organizational change in this stage, you must acknowledge what is ending, recognize the change, and describe the thoughts and feelings associated with that ending.
This is especially necessary when the change is difficult or when you are ambivalent about the change. The ending is the transitional stage that many leaders skip, either consciously because they attempt to quickly move ahead without taking note of what has changed, or unconsciously because they think the ...
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