A couple of months ago I was speaking with some executives in a business regarding change. One of the gentlemen is a great guy but he was so convinced that change would come to everyone except him. He was determined to ‘make’ me understand that he had a specific vision and that his vision alone was how ‘it must be’. A couple of months before our conversation, I was made aware that change was coming for these folks and in what form it was coming but I was not at liberty to discuss it at the time.
An important lesson to learn here is that change can come to anyone. It matters not at what level you operate within your organization. This recent economy has proven that many thousands of people who were sure they were ‘at the top of their game’ were in fact just hours away from total collapse.
So, where does this leave us? How can one adapt to change? It seems ‘CHANGE’ has been a buzz word during the last 2 years. An American President was elected into the White House based on a campaign devoted to ‘change’.
I fear for folks who continually ‘burn bridges’ and then are one day faced with ‘change’ within their organizations. In this global economy we must embrace change. We must also remember that not all change is ‘good change’……..however, not all change is ‘bad change’.
Successful people will quickly determine which change is negotiable and which is not and once the decision is made they will embrace the future. They will not live in fear of the change but rather will devote as much time as required to understanding and successful integration!
Your thoughts?
kml
2010
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