Hi World!
I recently leave my old company to try something new. So I left my old life and fly a quarter part of my country to find my self in a totally new town, new people and new local customs. Well, it is important to say that I live in a multicultural country.
Unfortunately, I was not the only one who recently come and join the company. The director is also a newcomer. And as a newcomer usually do, they make some changes. These changes, of course, are not suitable for all "veterans" in the company.
As I learned to know my new partners in the new company, I started to hear some disturbing sentences come from some colleagues when they try to express their unhappiness about the company. Have you ever be in this kind of situation? When everybody sees you as a newcomer who can safe them from some trouble and bring them to salvation? :)
Words like," I have work here since 2006 and I have never hear such rules..." or," I've done this business well, he doesn't has to tell me what to do..." or," ... they don't have to worry about this things... I know how to do it better..." and many other comments or words describing how experienced they are and how they don't need any other guidance.
Alright, so far I think they were right. As an experienced human resources, they had the right to say that. I realize that sometime I said the same thing about my self in another situation.
Bu then I realize, that is not the problem. When we say those kind of words, we express our fear. Fear? Yes! Fear of change! Why so?
Because we are not ready to change.
Let me put it this way. Have you ever watch a Kung Fu movie? Where in the movie we see the hero learn many kind of moves one by one and finally he/she could overcome any kind of enemy with many kind of secret moves or secret weapons. Of course, the enemy would never told the hero to prepare him/her self for the coming attack, right?
So, when we consider our self as an experienced workers or experienced human resources but when work situation "attack" us with another secret move or secret weapon and we shout," Stop! I've been in this business for a long time and I've never seen that moves before... this is not right!" Well, when things around us changes and we are not ready, can we say that we are an experienced human resources? I don't think so.
I say if we are as good as we thought or say, then we would be able to think about new moves to tackle any situation, good or bad. So in every condition we can always show our best performance.
I remember when I used to climb mountains with my friends. Those experienced thought me to always prepared with the unthinkable. We never now when it will rain or when we have to change our route, but we know for sure that we will reach the top.
Have a good day everyone!
