This edition is for you when work is changing around you: a restructuring, a new reporting line, a merger, a new system or a change you have chosen to lead. Navigate Change & Uncertainty gives you company and perspective while the new shape settles.
It rests on a well-known model of transition, which distinguishes the outward change from the inner process of coming to terms with it, and on research on psychological flexibility. It helps you adapt, let go of what has ended and take the next step with patience and hope.
Inside is a personalised card deck and an ebook, both carrying your own name on every page. The sections follow different ways of meeting change, among them Unexpected Change, Initiating Change, Resisting Change, Major Life Transition, a section on change at work with themes such as Adapt and Support-Others, and Change Fatigue. Each card shows a theme, an image and a short description on the front, and on the back a curated set of quotes from six wisdom traditions with room for your own handwritten notes. The ebook holds the same wisdom as a flowing book you can read on a tablet or phone, or print and bind.
On WorkSmart4Life you find it on the library shelf under "Life Wisdom: the moments of a working life". It is part of the moment pack Restructuring and Change, which an employer gives to everyone on a list. If your workplace is changing, start with the section on organisational change; if you feel worn by constant change, start with Change Fatigue. Print just those cards and the intro cards to begin.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life