Pears Foundation

Although transitions can lead to improvements in our lives and our organisations, they also involve endings. In our desire to move forward and focus on what comes next, we often avoid attending to this part of the process or acknowledging the losses involved.

From a colleague leaving, to a project finishing or even an organisation closing down, we all have to managing endings. If we do this well. the the transition that follows will be better for everybody.

This workshop will share a theoretical framework for leading through transitions, including the Four Pillars model developed by Lizzie Bentley-Bowers and Alison Lucas.

By the end of the workshop, participants will appreciate how all change involves endings or transitions. they will understand the importance of attending to endings (including the “messy” bits), will have explored several examples of managing endings well, and will have “road map” for navigating transitions – weather at a personal, project, team or organisational level.

Who is this for?
This particular workshop will be helpful for anyone experiencing, or planning for, a transition of any kind, big or small. This could be a change in your role, a project coming to an end, or even a change in personal circumstances. Even if you’re not anticipating change, it is just a really useful tool to have in the box to help develop your resilience for transitions in general.