Clocking Out

Everyone will experience sudden change in his or her career.

Change can come from external circumstances: Your company may institute layoffs, open challenging new roles or require staff members to relocate. Impetus for change can come from within: Perhaps you no longer find your job fulfilling, or you feel accepting a certain position was a mistake. Maybe you sense the time is right to start your own business.

To successfully navigate these transitions, draw on four principles: 

1. Choice – You possess the courage to make life-changing decisions and the fortitude to accept responsibility for those decisions.
2. Mind-set – You have tolerance for risk, confidence in your ability to handle new challenges and the determination to work hard to achieve success.
3. Agility – You are ready and able to pivot when a choice doesn’t work out or when a new opportunity arises. 
4. Trust – You accept that you can’t know the outcome of your choices, but have faith in the path you chose.

These principles link and influence each other. The...