Change isn’t always something we choose.
As we’ve seen, it can be unexpectedly forced upon us. More usually it will be from the loss of key staff or a vital income stream. When change occurs in this way we shouldn’t see it as a disaster and the end of the road, but as a chance for a new beginning.
If forced to change we need to accept the situation but it also makes us look for other, better ways of doing things and gives a freedom we might otherwise not have had.
Look for the opportunity in the change
You’ve been given an opportunity to pause, learn and reconfigure. Be flexible and adapt your plans to not only meet what’s needed now but also in a way that was better than before.
Look forward not backwards
Keep your vision and purpose in mind but what can you change to make your goals more achievable, or even change your goals? Maximise what works and improve what doesn’t to reshape how you work going forward.
Prepare for the next time
It’s not if it will happen, but when. If you seek and embrace change then it will be easier to deal with when it happens. Try to predict it, and rather than resilience be adaptable and use the forced change as a catalyst for improvement.
A changed forced on you may be a change for the better.
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