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Our growing national Authorized Provider network is made up of college career centers, training organizations, executive search and staffing companies, human resources consultants, and career counselors who are helping their clients to make meaningful choices in their life transitions.
Our Providers are the key to our success. As we roll out our national network, providers and subscribers alike are welcome to visit this site for information, inspiration, and access to assessments. No matter what business you are in, we hope this site will be a key career resource for you.
Shift Happens: 8 Keys for Successfully Managing Life’s Transitions
In the fast-moving world of the 21st century, the only constant is change. In every facet of life, whether technology, economics, politics, climate, fashion or entertainment, by the time we recognize a new development it has already begun to change. Our ability to manage change has a direct relationship to our success and fulfillment in life. Rather than allowing ourselves to drift with wind and tide, we can learn to operate proactively – to anticipate and positively navigate change.
Change – and our response to it – is unique for every person. While it would be simpler to create a formula for change management that fits everyone, the reality is that change management is personal. We all learn, communicate, and think in unique ways, so there can be no set formula for navigating life. When you are presented with an opportunity for change, the best you can do is to open up your toolbox and deal with it.
Transition, on the other hand, is the way in which we adjust to change. In his book “Managing Transition”, noted transition expert William Bridges describes transition as “…the psychological process that the person must go through to unplug from his or her old identity and become reoriented to the new one.” In a sense, transition involves our adjustment to external change - leaving an old job for a new one, losing a spouse, or having a child. Transition requires us to reinvent ourselves to reflect a new reality. (Turning Points CEO Mike Ballard)
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