Managing Change and Adaptation

Work Place Management

                  

Life can be difficult to navigate in our fast-moving society. Things are changing so quickly these days that by the time we open the box of a new cell phone, it is probably out of date.

Change happens whether we want it to or not. Some people welcome change and find ways to turn the unexpected into an opportunity for growth.

Others become frightened and simply react. How we handle the inevitable changes in life is key to living a life without fear.

The right attitude can mean the difference between allowing unexpected life changes to keep us from achieving our goals or dealing with the changes and growing because of them.

Organizational change is not optional to keep pace with business. All organizations, at one time or another, face substantive modifications to some aspect of their business.

Be aware that change happens. It happens in personal life, and professional life.

We cannot live in the past, so denying that change could occur, only makes things more complicated.

Stay alert at the workplace to know what is happening around us. Anticipate the change process by recognizing its different stages. Seek more details from management and peers to form an accurate understanding of the matter.

Be transparent and honest about the fears. Change is a time when one’s confidence about one’s skills and capabilities gets shaky.

Recognize the strengths and bring them into play. Be flexible enough to look at the different angles of the change and see.

Learning to deal with the changes going on around us is a great survival tool. ie., “Go with the flow,” and that may be the most comfortable way to deal with the future.

AiyanThiruvalluvar says

எவ்வ துறைவது உலகம் உலகத்தோடு

அவ்வ துறைவ தறிவு. (426)

जैसा लोकाचार है, उसके ही उपयुक्त ।
जो करना है आचारण, वही सुधी के युक्त ॥ (४२६)

Explanation by Scholars:

To live as the world lives, is wisdom.

உலகம் எவ்வாறு நடைபெறுகின்றதோ, உலகத்தோடு பொருந்தியவகையில் தானும் அவ்வாறு நடப்பதே அறிவாகும்.