Dealing with change

“Change is good.” That's what the head of an acquiring company once told me and other employees of a business he was taking over. For all the spin about mergers and acquisitions being good for companies–the majority do not pan out except for the bankers who engineer the deals and then later often come in to disassemble the conglomerations. In the case of my company, change didn't feel good and turned out to be bad. Indeed the business failed and had to be sold off in parts with many people losing jobs along the way.

But whether change is good or not, isn't so much the issue. Change is inevitable and often how well people and businesses cope with change determines how successful they can be.The need for change typically signals that our systems, businesses, and lifestyles need modification. The way we have been doing things can't be sustained without re-adapting. That's what's happening now in the U.S. and it's a struggle for all of us, especially when we have thought of ourselves as number one, impervious, the beacon of the world, etc., etc., etc., blah, blah, blah.