
Alas my memory failed me, and although he has a longer
presentation of imagery and how it affects results in our lives, I’ll draw on
my own experience for the subject regarding Change.
I have some experience with change. In addition to fifteen major moves and about
18 different duty stations while in the Navy for 26 years, I worked for six
different companies in the Health Insurance industry, three of which I was
terminated from; twice because of M&As and one because of an economic adjustment. None of them was particularly stressful, most
because of a military pension from those 26 years (plus five in the Reserve
while preparing for and going to Dental School).
I’ll give you my list of six tools to make Change Acceptance
easier:
1. Anticipate change: Every industry evolves or dies and we must
modify our position or find ourselves redundant at best. In my case, during the navy I sought increased
education and eventually was selected to take a Sabbatical year at the Naval
War College. Contacts and confidence
were easy byproducts of that year. In
the corporate world, I took evening classes to eventually get an MBA. I became self-taught in Windows Office
components, and became active in several Trade Association, travelling top
several venues to participate in committee work that helped define what was a”
Dental Director”, and gained me a reputation as someone who was current and who
asked Good Questions.
2. When
change happens be quick to adapt: My second corporate job ended after a little
more than a year when the company had to demonstrate fiscal soundness to get
Reinsurance from Lloyd’s of London. My
salary was too inviting a target, but the afore-mentioned contacts meant my
feel never hit the sidewalk. I spent my
two weeks working with my Assistant to help her met the challenges and this
gained the respect of my team and resulted in an extra week’s employment.
3. Prepare
for Change: Although this may seem
similar to Anticipate, the subtle difference is to have a Strategic Plan and
develop the Tactics necessary to meet the challenges.
4. Build
on Your Strengths: We all are unique
(didn’t your mother tell you that you were special?) Just find your uniqueness and develop a plan
to fit it positive into your job or occupation.
I believe my strengths include, I write well and do presentations well,
so I volunteer for tasks that use those skills.
I am less proficient in delegation and have found it valuable to become
a mentor to someone who may replace me someday, assigning them responsibilities
that assist both of us.
5. Develop
Confidence: There is nothing wrong with
a realistic assessment of what you have accomplished. It offers objectivity in assessing your
worth. One of my bosses once told me I
should shop m y talents every couple of years to see what others think my worth
might be. My mother passed on the axiom,
“He who doesn’t toot his own horn, may go tootless.” I have always felt that lesson had some
merit.
6. Security: This
last was easier for me than most people, with my military retirement. I moved from that second job to my third with
a 20% decrease in salary but within two years was salaried higher than from company
two. My father always told me that if I
worked hard and showed my employers value, the money would follow. I believe this is generally true. I made a goal to be “debt-free in 2003” and
since then have accumulated significant wealth, in a cyclic economy. I have now retired three times: once from the
Navy, once from WellPoint (when they were bought by Anthem) and once from my
consulting job with a Medicare Alternative Plan. Now unemployed for the first
time since I met my wife some 57 years ago, I still get calls for consulting projects. They don’t pay much, but they keep me current
in the industry, as well as giving my life some purpose.
So, I hope some of this sagely advice will make sense
in your lives. My next Post (which I
hope I have not covered in the three year’s data I lost) will discuss what is
happening with the Northwest Passage as Global Warming opens the sea
lanes. I think you will find it very
interesting. Please join me.
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