Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change

by William Bridges

Letting go of the old ways and the old identity people had. This first phase of transition is an ending and the time when you need to help people to deal with their losses. 2. Going through an in-between time when the old is gone but the new isn’t fully operational. We call this time the “neutral zone”: it’s when the critical psychological realignments and repatternings take place. 3. Coming out of the transition and making a new beginning. This is when people develop the new identity, experience the new energy, and discover the new sense of purpose that makes the change begin to work.

The 3 pahaases of transitions