What Does Your Pivot Need From You Right Now?™

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You may know that something in your career or personal life is changing without yet knowing exactly what comes next.

This isn't a test, and there are no right or wrong answers.

These questions are simply an invitation to pause for a few minutes and notice what feels most relevant to you right now.

Choose the answer that feels closest to your experience today.

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About INDEXES™

A flexible framework for navigating change

INDEXES™ can provide structure to an individual coaching conversation, a longer coaching journey, a team process or an organizational transition. It offers a way of thinking about what may need attention without forcing every transition into a rigid sequence or predetermined path.

IDENTIFY
Explore what is happening, what matters and what may need attention.

NEGOTIATE
Surface tensions, assumptions, needs and different perspectives, and explore what needs to be reconciled or renegotiated.

DECIDE
Turn greater awareness into choices about direction, priorities or what comes next.

EXECUTE
Translate choices into action, experimentation or new ways of moving forward.

SUSTAIN
Notice what is changing, learn from experience and explore what can help sustain progress over time.

The five elements of INDEXES™ are not mandatory stages and do not need to be followed in a fixed sequence.

I — IDENTIFY · Question 1

When you think about the transition you're navigating, which feels closest to where you are today?

Something no longer fits as it once did, although I can't fully explain what has changed. I have a sense of what matters to me, but other considerations make things more complicated. I can see different possibilities, but I'm not clear which one I really want. I have a fairly good idea of what I want, but I haven't really moved on it yet. I've already started making changes, but keeping them going isn't always easy.

I — IDENTIFY · Question 2

What seems to occupy most of your thinking at the moment?

Trying to understand why things feel different now. Thinking about how what I want would affect other parts of my life. Going back and forth between different possibilities. Thinking about something I know I could do, but haven't done yet. Trying not to lose sight of changes I've already started making.

I — IDENTIFY · Question 3

What feels most uncomfortable about not having this figured out yet?

Not fully understanding what has changed for me. Feeling pulled in different directions. Not knowing which direction to choose. Knowing that I'm still thinking rather than moving. Seeing myself return to familiar ways even after deciding something needed to change.

I — IDENTIFY · Question 4

If nothing changed over the next six months, what would concern you most?

Still feeling disconnected from what I really want now. Continuing to accommodate things that no longer work well together. Still considering possibilities without having chosen a direction. Realising that I knew something needed to happen but never started. Watching an important change gradually disappear into everyday life.

I — IDENTIFY · Question 5

When you think about moving forward, which statement feels closest?

I don't want to rush into an answer before I understand what's changing. What I want isn't the only thing I need to take into account. I don't need more possibilities — I need to know which one feels right for me. I've thought about this enough; something needs to start moving. Starting isn't really the issue — keeping the change alive is.

Take a moment to think about what you've just answered.

Don't overanalyse it. Notice what feels most important to you right now.

I — IDENTIFY · Question 6

What would you most like to have greater clarity about?

What has changed for me — in my circumstances, in myself or in what matters to me now. What is pulling in different directions — the different needs, priorities, responsibilities or expectations I'm trying to hold together. What I actually want — among the different possibilities I can see. What's preventing me from moving — when I already have some sense of what I want. What makes change difficult to maintain — even when I've already started.

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