RULE 61

Face the future

Whatever you are doing now, things are going to change. It is inevitable that the future will soon be upon us. Things will change, they have to. People you now work with will leave your team. Your sales figures will improve/slacken off. Your boss will retire/move on. Your customers will change. Your colleagues will be different. You, too, will change.

All these changes happen and it is the smart manager who not only embraces them but is prepared for them. Earlier we looked at having a Plan B and a Plan C; well, this is different – this is not catering for a specific crisis but being fluid and flexible enough to stay ahead of the game. What this means is that when change occurs you can take it in your stride and aren’t ...

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