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Transition

"When we come to know that change is the only reality, life gets much easier."

This particular program is designed for people who are either retiring, or participants of a company reorganization effort. Transition - The Personal Path through Change© has been developed by Dr. William Bridges, an international author and developer of transition programs and material.

It's an interactive presentation designed to engage people in processing the stages of life transitions. It has a common sense approach with a sensitivity to the feelings of people who are moving on to a new phase of their lives either voluntary or involuntarily.

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What is active listening?
It is listening actively rather than passively. It means listeners participate by giving feedback and appropriate responses.

Give empathic understanding - Listeners attempt to be sensitive and empathic to what is going on with talkers.
Provide unconditional acceptance - Listener's accept talkers unconditionally as important people
Be genuine and authentic - Listener's are real , honest , tactful and authentic the care about talkers.
Give specific responses - Listener's respond with straight messages rather than indirect messages by being specific with their answers.
Be non-judgmental - Listener's let talkers explore their feelings without any value judgments or criticism . Remember that feelings are neither right nor wrong, they just are feelings.
Stay in the talkers emotional space - Listeners concentrate on what talkers are saying, thinking, and feeling rather than responding with listener's feelings and thoughts.
Avoid rescuing - Listeners allow talkers to have pain, confusion, sadness and anger as part of their learning. Listeners nurture and support without bleeding with talkers. Listeners believe that people can solve their own problems if given a chance to talk in a non-threatening situation.
Ask open ended questions - Listeners avoid "why" questions.