Everybody says they like change. In my experience, however, people almost universally dislike change. Because most are creatures of habit, comfortable in what they know, in the things they do, and the places they go. For this message, I’ll focus on one aspect of change – taking a new job. That’s almost always a leap of faith – for both parties.
· The company’s hiring process and hiring managers look at what candidates have done, hoping they’ll be good at doing the same thing in the future. I don’t think that’s enough – they really need to know if the candidate has the right attitude – are they optimistic, flexible, and resilient, and do they have enough grit to see their way through the learning and growing process of a new job. Get those things right and almost anyone can learn to do the job.
· And the employee knows little or nothing of the company’s values or the style of their prospective boss. Some of that information could and should be provided on the company’s website and during the interview process. And there should be a lot more if they are hired – that’s what onboarding should be all about, giving both parties the information needed to learn if they made the right choice.
In both cases, if they want to be successful at the change then they’re going to have to get involved. As in doing research (online and in person), asking good questions, taking time to process all the new information, then asking more questions, and continually processing all of it. The more you know, the more successful each side will be during the job-changing process today.
Cindy Lou McCain (born 1954): American diplomat, businesswoman, and humanitarian who is the executive director of the World Food Programme (https://www.wfp.org).
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