Change Happens - Anticipate It - Embrace It
My observation is that those (especially in a business environment) who resist our constantly changing environment often suffer; those who embrace it and work to judicially affect positive change are able to bring new, better products and services to their customers, manage their businesses more efficiently, fend off competition, and lead their businesses to greater stability as they move into the future.
Unless we are adept at reading tea leaves or deciphering the vision in a crystal ball, seeing the future is best done by being aware of the key factors that affect your business and then developing plans to become proactive if or when those key factors become modified in some way. If traffic patterns are important to you then seek to be aware of planned road construction and develop "what-if" strategies well in advance of changes in traffic patterns. If changing fashion or design is crucial then read everything you can get your hands on about how fashion or design will affect your industry and consider what happened to most purveyors of millinery and buggy whips. If our aging "baby boomer" population is a demographic that you work with, learn more about the changing tastes, needs, and lifestyles of this key portion of your business and plan on changing the products and services you offer to make your business more attractive to them as they age.
The future belongs to those who are in position to take advantage of the changes it will bring so position yourself, your business, and your staff to embrace it rather than resist it and end up with a large inventory of buggy whips.
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Larry Galler coaches and consults with high-performance executives, professionals, and small businesses since 1993. He is the writer of the long-running (every Sunday since November 2001) business column, "Front Lines with Larry Galler" For a free coaching session, email Larry for an appointment - Larry@larrygaller.com. Sign up for his free newsletter at http://www.larrygaller.com
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