It is said that if you do what you have always done you will always get what you have always had.
This can be taken 2 ways. If you are a failure in life and you keep on doing what you have always done then you will get what you have always got, namely failure.
If you are a success in life and you carry on doing what you have always done the ‘saying’ would suggest that if you keep on doing it you will continue to be successful.
I do not believe as we approach the second decade of the new millennium that this is true.
Change is happening so quickly in every part of business. I used to work in the engineering industry and in the 80’s would visit companies in heavy manufacturing that no longer exist, but at the time were the pillars of our society and had been for almost 100 years before.
It started with the MP’s expenses. We are now seeing the big banks about to reduce bonuses across all companies and the newspaper reading public is falling and so are there profits as ad revenues filter to more immediate forms of communication.
These industries had seen success doing things a certain way for generations and as a means of survival are going to have to change. They have a huge challenge on their hands but I have no doubt the best will come out stronger and be able to continue to serve us for years to come.
We live in uncomfortable times and whilst we change there will be painful transitions which will impact on us culturally as well as personally.
In the last 6 months I have many conversations with clients who are going through times of change and their leadership skills are being tested to the max.
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Emma Ranson Bellamy 