Don’t be swallowed up by change: instead, be part of it

Engage in change at your company and make a real difference. The best way to start is by recognising your own strengths and weaknesses so you know how you personally need to adapt. But that is not all. 

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According to an article on the management-issues.com website, you should do the following:

Stay involved

Embrace change. If you fail to do so, important connections with other people and currently used communication lines may start to weaken. Don’t retreat: focus on how you can help with major changes. Assess every aspect of the job you are doing and strive for excellence.

If you can, join a project team leading the change. Don't hesitate to become involved.

Stay informed and prepared

A workplace is more than just a personal workstation. Both within your company and outside it, there are trends happening. Changes in technology, decreasing budgets and better informed consumers, ageing employees … there is a lot to keep track of.

You need to stay ahead. So focus on the trends in your industry, be active in professional associations and attend conferences.

Talk and listen to people

During change, we need to stay in tune with others. We need to talk to them but that is not all. In addition, we should be actively seeking their observations and perspectives so that we can seriously consider them. We can learn so much from others. When things are unclear during transition times, new perspectives may prove helpful.

Be of value

Try to make contributions, help to solve problems. Change will bring new problems, so there will be opportunities for you to resolve them. Identifying problems and solving them is always useful. Ask people how recent changes are affecting their work, what obstacles they face and how they are dealing with them.

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Article source Management Issues - British website cntaining practical information, tips and advice to managers
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