Transition in Life
The Psychology of Transition — Your Personal Change Management
As someone who has been transitioning between very different industries, knowledge sets, projects, and even countries for over 15 years, I have come to understand that mental agility and resilience are what you first need to work on. Below are some hacks.
Most professional books on transitioning tend to focus on organizational psychology and the strategic communication of an organization undergoing changes. These books usually cater to ‘change management.’ On the other hand, books relating to professionalization that may be targeted at individuals going through changes in their lives are usually less about the specificity of change as a process but rather, focus more on specific actions and preparations. However, transition psychology involves a set of behavioral changes and even a mental reset divorced from tangible and specific actions. What I will do here is bring my understanding of the psychology of change management from an organizational perspective to what it means for the individual. Here are the five main points I have discovered.
- Be willing to live with ambiguity
You might have seen a job ad description saying that a position requires one to be able to operate under ambiguity. What it actually means is that, however much…
