Here is a truly unique way of looking at a Change at work or in your Career. A Career Changing event is like HOT water. It can get your temperature rising, it can have you changing the environment around you. It can cause you to give up and become mushy.
What are you like when your in HOT water at work on in your Career?
1. Are you like an Egg; Do you look the same on the outside but turn hard on the inside?
2. Are you like a Carrot; Do you turn to mush and do whatever the ‘hot water’ wants you to do?
3. Are you like a Coffee Bean; …..do you try to change the situation?
4. Are you like a Ice Cube; Or are you the ‘diffuser’ of the group? Do you do everything you can to cool down the hot water situation?
5. Are you like a Rock; Do you sink to the bottom of the boiling water and let the change happen around you while you refuse to budge?
Often times, people go through each ’stage’ when navigating through a changing environment. As an exercise you can use these items above to describe your journey through the change you have or are going through. Understanding what your facing and how your likely to react to that change is invaluable. At times we all react worse than we would like to or we over-react to changes and challenges while at work. We will all agree that we must pick our battles wisely, but on the flip side of that sliced potato we all also have a natural tendency to react one way over the others.
Its times like these that we should consider what our best reaction to any change or challenge might be. Beware of your reactions to the changes and challenges, are you trying to be a Bean when being a Rock would be better? Are you an Ice Cube or an Egg? Ask yourself these questions and pick a course of action you will be proud of when you look back on it. Read this article when you have a moment to reflect on a situation your facing and try to assess how your reacting. Than pick a course and change the world.
Good Luck and let me know if I can help.
The author is Paul Godines from Adapt on a Dime Consulting http://www.adaptonadime.com asks people if they have career goals and who’s helping them achieve them.
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