Transitions....
....i am not just referring job/ leadership transitions or personal transitions; It is anyone's guess that transition scenarios are abound in one's life: philosophically, you transcend various life stages or incarnations to reach your ultimate - professionally, you transition to new roles, new firms, new countries etc, etc.. Ever thought about how to manage these changes and still remain sane!!
Transition periods are tricky times - more so because you are expected to perform fast and smart when you've limited or no information on ground realities of the new situation. Forget information assymetry - you have zero information as a newbie!
My 2 cents about how to get through these tricky times:
The key is to get as much information as possible about the people, programs, Org, culture -"way of getting things done in the new atmosphere", account/team influences. How to get this info in quick time? I believe the best way is to listen to people who are in the environment for quite some time; Most people love being listened to and they will tell you exactly what you need to do and what they expect of you. Ask open ended questions to elicit as much information as possible. Some people might not come out of their shelves to answer your questions - you might want to take the conversation from their personal front!
Another caution to heed: don't try to be a hero and do mass changes from day one; Don't fix things that aren't broken! Listen, absorb, get the buy-in and then start acting, armed with full-fledged information and people-support. This process is tedious, time-consuming, and passive - but it is a must to manage transitions smoothly!
Au revoir...Satish
Transition periods are tricky times - more so because you are expected to perform fast and smart when you've limited or no information on ground realities of the new situation. Forget information assymetry - you have zero information as a newbie!
My 2 cents about how to get through these tricky times:
The key is to get as much information as possible about the people, programs, Org, culture -"way of getting things done in the new atmosphere", account/team influences. How to get this info in quick time? I believe the best way is to listen to people who are in the environment for quite some time; Most people love being listened to and they will tell you exactly what you need to do and what they expect of you. Ask open ended questions to elicit as much information as possible. Some people might not come out of their shelves to answer your questions - you might want to take the conversation from their personal front!
Another caution to heed: don't try to be a hero and do mass changes from day one; Don't fix things that aren't broken! Listen, absorb, get the buy-in and then start acting, armed with full-fledged information and people-support. This process is tedious, time-consuming, and passive - but it is a must to manage transitions smoothly!
Au revoir...Satish
posted by Satish Udayagiri @ 9:13 PM
2 Comments:
At 6:55 AM,
Anonymous said…
wat satish r u going any where?
u r talking abt transition to new places and new country?
But u gave a very gud staff.
why u r giving so much of gap?
i regularly follow u r blog and i became u r fan.
Hey i came to know that u r going to be a father ?
Congrats.
thank u
At 1:41 AM,
Satish Udayagiri said…
whoz this anonymous? May I know?
Thanks for the wishes and yes I am moving on to a new role at a new location..!
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