In today´s episode of 'Professional Success Podcast' Sheila talks about how we can cope with change at work, without stressing out too much. Sheila discusses a few actions you can take to open your mind and expand your comfort zone with change. She advises listeners to put five tips into play and make change feel just a little bit less stressful.
Episode Highlights:
- Prior to 2020; you could still get by as a fantastic performer at work, even if you were a little bit resistant to change but now not so much change has become everything.
- Sometimes a change is coming can sound very similar to the sky is falling. She suggests starting by putting some boundaries around the change, this should actually help you to take a deep breath and move ahead.
- Change is an opportunity to add some type of new learning or some type of new fluency in a system to your resume, or to build your reputation with a brand new leader a team or a customer base.
- A big part of what makes change so scary is a sense that we don't have control or that we're losing control. So it's normal for us to crave a sense of autonomy or a sense of control.
- Notice when you have your first positive experience with that new system or that new manager / client or a new team, even if it was an accident.
3 Key Points:
- If you want your career to continue to rise, you're going to need to be able to deal with change. If you find it hard to get comfortable with change, you're not alone.
- Put some boundaries around change and remaining optimistic.
- Let yourself acknowledge the pain that change brings. Do focus on the upside, but not at the expense of acknowledging and preparing for some of the challenges. Don't just put your head in the sand; we resist change for a reason.
Tweetable Quotes:
- "Our natural inclination is to resist anything that feels different, but more exposure, often leads to more comfort." - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
- "Next is to go ahead and let you acknowledge the pain that change brings." - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
- "There will be challenges, transitioning to a new system, definitely provides us with new opportunities, but what comes with it is a brand new learning curve that we have to work our way up to take time, it's going to take effort." - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
- "Give the anxiety a little bit of space and allow yourself to address it." - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
- "When I arrived at this step, I identified a number of things that were in my control." - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
- "The fifth step is to commit to positive change and to commit that positive change to memory." - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
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