The thought of being a kayaker taking on the permanent whitewater rapids is such a fantastic metaphor for what a person faces in their career today. As an example up until a decade ago the way a person's career could be viewed is that of, taking on whitewater in an inflatable raft. An adventure I have experienced 3 times.Typically seated in the raft will be 5 other people and at the back will be the boatman, the captain, controller, what you will. He managed your adventure and determined the outcomes. Much like "the Company" managed your career.
But now you are in a kayak, you need to be in control, make decisions and be responsible for your own career. Why? When companies through globalisation and other occurences entered permanent whitewater rapids employees needed to learn how to manoeuvre their career in such turbulence.
Change is the new status quo and success at work will require agility, talent and the ability to learn from .....rather than fear, failure.
This topic is so important and this blog has gotten a little long. So I have broken it into two parts. Continuing on next blog will be, what you can do to survive the whitewater.
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Further reading: Your Job Survival Guide, a Manual for Thriving in Change. by Gregory Shea and Robert Gunther.
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