The Times They Are A-Changin’
Today marks the Fall Equinox for 2019. This is the day where our sun crosses the celestial equator and begins its journey South to bring in Fall and Winter. So ignore the groundhog for a while because the change is coming.
Speaking of change, has your business experienced any changes in 2019? In those times of change, did an employment issue show up unexpectedly?
Most common business changes
New product or process
New hire(s) and group dynamics
Ignored problem starting to cause turbulence
Past problem trying to come “back to life”
Fallout from business decision
No matter the source, you can always count on change. If you were to look back 5 years ago, how would things compare? Are you using a product that wasn’t even available 5 years ago? Let’s think about relationships. If there are new people in your life, you can evaluate their impact on yourself and other group dynamics.
Let’s say your business plans to step out into a new market or expand its current market. Depending on your resiliency and readiness to accept this change, this could be a wonderful or terrible change. Take a moment and run your own test on this idea…
Tools to cope with change
If your primary emotional reaction to the exercise above was fear/anger, you should try and understand what is causing that emotion to be primary. Do not focus on the actions or behaviors of others right now. Only focus on items you have the ability to control. It can be helpful to list things that you alone can control. Your personal level of influence or authority can put limits on this list.
Take some time to review ALL your options. Remove options that do not fully address the problem/issue at present.
