Organizational Growth: The new beginning.

In the last two articles we discussed the first 2 phases of a transition. In this last article in this series, our focus is on the new beginning.

New beginnings are exciting, whether it is moving to a new town, starting a new job or entering a new phase of life. When the first two phases of a transition is dealt with effectively, the new beginning will bring healthy growth and new found habits.

Organizational Growth: The neutral zone

As mentioned in the previous article, organizational health and resilience depends on the effectiveness of transition management. In this article we will focus our attention on the neutral zone in the transition management process.

During the Ironman race, the neutral zone was a place of freedom for me. Why? Because I had time to change shoes and rest. I was not out cycling or running yet. It was a time where I could create the way I wanted to tackle the cycling and running stages.

Organizational Growth: The importance of transition management

The reason why organizations are able to grow healthy is their ability to go through transitions and not just manage change but see beyond change into transitions. Many executives in businesses and Not-For-Profit organizations wonder why employees, and sometimes themselves, still talk about the “good old days” when the organization has just gone through a major transition. Have you heard them say “I like the way we used to have meetings”, “I wish we could go back to the old way of reporting”, “Why did we need to relocate, the old offices were better”. I could go on and on and on with such examples, and you could probably add many more as well. Well the short answer is, they manage the change, but definitely not the transition.