In a complex business environment where survival depends on the ability to adapt and innovate, redesigning organizations becomes a necessity. But what about people, how can we redirect our career and adapt to these new times?<\/p>\n
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In the latest edition of the initiative ‘ Prep\u00e1rate 2013’, held in Madrid, an event on how to be prepared and ready for change, the coach Beatriz Rodr\u00edguez de la Flor gave us the tools to let us individually work through this reconstruction in her presentation, ‘Redesign Yourself: Managing Change’.<\/p>\n
For the coach, the key to successful change management lies in working on the \u2018Triple A rule’: acceptance, adaptation and anticipation. Let\u2019s look further into these three key elements in the change process.<\/p>\n
Emotional acceptance<\/strong><\/p>\n The simple idea of change is often accompanied by a feeling of fear and resistance. We realize that we will leave behind the comfort we\u2019re accustomed to in order to enter unknown territory. Accepting uncertainty and managing the emotions revolving around that fear is the first step we must take in the change process we are going to tackle.<\/p>\n Adaptation<\/strong><\/p>\n Beatriz Rodr\u00edguez de la Flor pointed out how people define themselves is often based on their training and the work they do. That\u2019s why she feels it\u2019s crucial to work on deconstructing the identity itself in order to understand what personal meaning does a task we do on the job have for us, and ultimately answer the question: what does it mean to be who I am? Attaining deep knowledge of ourselves is the key to redesigning our careers, and through it we can tailor our capabilities and skills to the new task we want to take on.<\/p>\n