Now sooner rather than later, if we do this separation and in between work well, we will get to integration. And as we look at this integration, it's helpful to remember the difference between change and transition here change is I have the new title, something starts clear and concrete. I got this new position yesterday. But the transition side of that is, I have this new title. And frankly, I don't have a clue what this really means. It's very vague and elusive.

And it will take some time before we really know what this new position is. And initially, it's going to be fragile. And so and it is a result of this transition process unfolding, not the plan being implemented. And that process started with separation. It's getting through the in between, and there's a few things that we can do to accelerate the integration and As it starts to take shape, so pay attention to those reoccurring signs that you are on the right path as you pay attention to signs in that time in between. Some of them will just be lost leaders, if you will.

But there will be some reoccurring signs that will suggest Yes, this is the way be prepared for a couple of steps forward, and then a step or two backwards. I mean, this is not going to be easy sledding, it will be a little jerky to start with low hanging fruits. An important thing to think about here. So picking the low hanging fruit of courses, comes from orchards as you pick the low hanging stuff without the ladder first, because it's the easiest. So what are the easiest things? Or if this is a new job?

What's the easiest things? Who are some of the new maybe clients or some of the new relationships that you've got to cement? What would be some of the easy friendly ones to start with as this unfolds? Are you really clear on how you have to be different now? Can you name that in terms of being behaviors or attitudes. If you can do that, you're getting closer indeed to settling into this new world.

And if you can't, we're probably not at integration yet. We're probably struggling with separation or time in between. I've gone through these fairly quickly. So what I'd like you to think about for all of those organizational changes that you've got going on in your life right now, what can and will you do to ensure that you will get through all three phases of transition in good shape? Some of this might make perfect sense right now, some of it might not make much sense at all, because you're not there yet. This is a conversation that you can have with your colleagues in the office.

And collectively, we can look at this, we can support each other as we do this. So as you have this conversation, get this worksheet. Again, this action plan, I'd like you to make a couple of notes to yourself here. So these would be things that not only you can do, maybe there's some things certainly we can do the week, whoever that might be colleagues at work, maybe it's your significant other family members, whoever you're having this conversation with. And you could easily have things to do here and all three of those timeframes within the next week within a month and perhaps over the long haul. So that's an outline for a transition plan for work related changes.