Some peoples inability to adapt to change

RetiredGreyFox

RetiredGreyFox

RetiredGreyFox

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I've been working for 36 years with 1000s & 1000s of colleagues and it has never ceased to amaze me that the vast majority can't adapt to change.
A boss will suggest a new way to do things and all you hear is 'moan moan moan'.
I adapt very easily because immediately I will look at the bigger picture and work out the advantages & disadvantages.
If asked I would give my opinion of what might go wrong but also what might go right and be better.
If not asked I would get on with it and wait for it to either go all wrong or for it to work out.

There is an underlying reason for this thread with something that happened today but which camp are you in?
Do you :
a) get on with it?
b) give your thoughts but get on with it?
c) moan moan moan?
 
A/B

I will always get on with it because at the end of the day whinging does not really help if a decision has been made higher up. However if I disagree with a decision I will always go and see my immeadiate superior (in private) and discuss it with them pointing out any possible flaws/benefits I can see and pointing out how it will effect myself and the staff who work for me.

Ultimately I will just get on with it though (and moan to the lass when I get home :p)
 
I usually just get on with it - but working a lower ranked role but having management experience I see a lot of change for changes sake, change due to badly thought out knee jerk reactions to events and changes made based on a clear lack of understanding of the actual process used at lower levels to get the job done, etc. by people in management positions. Where appropriate I give feedback but usually avoid it as people don't tend to take criticism well.
 
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B I'd say.

Just got to get on with work at the end of the day, someone has to do it.

Change happened in my work and I moaned like **** about it but just kept going.

I'm telling my boss what to do who is new to the company and I've been there for four and a half years. I'm out of there soon though I hope :)
 
B. If something is so wrong and is going to make your job difficult you need to stand up for yourself and not be treated like a bitch. If you let them screw you over they will do it time and time again.
 
Sorry to ask this Poole, but if I am right you have mainly worked with/in little or no education type of industries? Does it really surprise you that what you describe happens?

I have noticed the same thing while doing bar work at uni but never in a professional environment where the individual/group is meant to be of a certain level of education.

KaHn
 
Your poll would appear to only cover those times when the suggested change is an improvement. What about the times when it will clearly make things worse, as everyone except the CPHBs can see?


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KaHn said:
Sorry to ask this Poole, but if I am right you have mainly worked with/in little or no education type of industries? Does it really surprise you that what you describe happens?
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Correct, and no it doesn't really surprise me.
However, working where I do now with people who can read & write and have quite a bit of education behind them you would think they would act differently and see the bigger picture.
 
Delvis said:
Erm....does all three count? :p
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this tbh...

B is often but isn't always the best option - if the 'change' has come about for no particular reason or actually makes things less efficient then its better to not just mention it but raise a bit more noise about it as invariably someone who's idea it is isn't always going to like being told actually that probably won't work too well because of X, Y and Z.

It works both ways too tbh... some managers make changes for no good reason - new managers coming into depts that are already run well will still feel the need to make a change simply because they feel they need to be seen to be doing something. Bad managers in struggling depts making frequent changes every 6 months because the dept is struggling - often the changes aren't for any particular strategic reason but rather they're just trying to change stuff around in the vain hope that one day it will all somehow work.
 
dmpoole said:
Correct, and no it doesn't really surprise me.
However, working where I do now with people who can read & write and have quite a bit of education behind them you would think they would act differently and see the bigger picture.
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I would say the NHS IT department isn't really the cream of the crop (sorry to be blunt here), I may be coming across as snooty and I apologise but with institutes like the NHS/Factories/Public sector people generally goto work there to die, imo.

I may be wrong but it is my experience that this is the predominant case :)

KaHn
 
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