Preparing yourself effectively for today's workplace<\/p>\n
Pri Notowidigdo, Amrop Hever, Global Executive Search, Jakarta<\/p>\n
New trends have affected our lives in the workplace. Key
\ntrends include a shift from hierarchies to networks in
\norganizations. Markets have become increasingly global.<\/p>\n
What worked in the past may not necessarily work in these
\ntimes of rapid change requiring us to shift to continuous
\nlearning.<\/p>\n
Where the individual would excel in the past, business success
\ntoday is a function of effective teamwork. A sense of job
\nsecurity is being increasingly challenged by the need for
\npersonal growth. Human capital has become competitive advantage.<\/p>\n
These ongoing work trends mean that you have to make some
\nchanges yourself to manage this change and find fulfillment. What
\nare these changes?<\/p>\n
* Being more information-oriented. Knowing how to access
\ninformation through developing networks and developing research
\nskills will give you independence;<\/p>\n
* Developing your people skills. With the trend toward working
\nin teams, learning what it takes to work well on a team becomes
\ncritical. People skills will also mean enhancing your network,
\nhelping your leadership potential, your ability to work in a
\nculturally diverse global environment and success with customers.<\/p>\n
* Being more responsible for yourself. If companies are not
\noffering security any more, your objective has to include a
\ndesire to learn continuously whether formally or informally.<\/p>\n
How will all this affect you?<\/p>\n
You may find yourself with not one but several careers.
\nMoreover, your career may move sideways not steadily upwards.
\nYou will have to accept the fact that there is no job security.
\nYour motivation will be less measured by status and ambition but
\nmore by freedom, health and satisfaction.<\/p>\n
Education will be an ongoing process. If you thought about
\nretiring at 55, this may never happen. Or retirement may mean new
\nforms of work or new adventures. The bottom line will be to find
\nspiritual and community fulfillment through discovering who you
\nare.<\/p>\n
You may feel that all this will not happen to you. And so you
\ndecide not to make a decision.<\/p>\n
However, remember that not making a decision is a decision.
\nAnd if you decide not to decide, think about what may happen to
\nyou. If you let someone else decide on your career, it will
\naffect your life. If you don't define your future, then someone
\nelse will. And how much can you trust them? If you decide not to
\nchange with the changing workplace, then you will be left behind.
\nMost importantly, by not changing for the better, you will lose
\nyour passion for developing what you do and who you are.<\/p>\n
Oliver Wendell Holmes said that \"The human mind, once
\nstretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original
\ndimensions.\"<\/p>\n
What are you waiting for?
\n(The writer can be reached at jakarta@amrophever.com)<\/p>",
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