Can I handle all these changes?

Judith Ryan

I was working at an institution headed by someone who loved change—change to improve processes and products, change to improve the work force and the workplace. But were things sometimes changing just for the sake of change?

One change, a major reorganization of staff and departments, overwhelmed me. I was being moved to a newly created department. And I had a new supervisor, a new job description, and even a new office space.

I was leaving an excellent boss who was appreciative and encouraging for a new boss who did not seem to embody these qualities. My responsibilities were changing to new tasks in a role that management acknowledged might not last.

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