Keeping Your Balance

Overview/Description
 Francis Bacon once observed: "He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils." This age-old advice reflects the contemporary values of flexibility and adaptability in business and personal strategies. In accepting and understanding transitions, we put ourselves in the position to take advantage of the changes they offer. By mastering this course, the sixth and last in the series, "Achieving Balance in Your Professional and Personal Life," you will learn to recognize opportunities in changing circumstances. You'll achieve this by becoming accustomed to transitions and discovering ways of improvising as change occurs, including the invaluable role of partners. Above all, these skills will allow you to maintain your balance in rough seas.

Target Audience
 Anyone interested in improving his or her personal and professional development process.

Expected Duration
2.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Understanding Transitions

  • recognize the value in understanding how the different phases of transitions and change work.
  • differentiate between transitions and changes.
  • identify the effects of significant transitions.
  • identify viable strategies for navigating the no-man's land between old and new identities.

    • Embracing Change

  • recognize the value of change.
  • match defense mechanisms that cause resistance to change with examples of each.
  • match methods for creatively adapting to change with examples of each.
  • identify strategies that help overcome setbacks.

    • Risking Progress

  • recognize the values in risk-taking elements to achieving progress.
  • identify the critical elements in successful beginnings.
  • match key dynamics of collaborating with examples of each.
  • choose effective means of turning conflict into progress.

    • Taking Action

  • recognize the value of strategies that create positive change.
  • choose ways to take action to achieve balance.
  • match critical elements of a life plan with questions that represent them.
  • match strategies that reinforce the ability to succeed with statements that illustrate them.

    • Course Number: PD0116