Thirty years ago there were no smart phones, no Twitter, no Facebook, no Blogging, no Generation Y in the workplace, no retiring Baby Boomers, no handheld GPS, no laptops, no tablet computers, no MP3 players, no workplace drug testing, no perpetual job-hopping, no workers' smug sense of entitlement, no focus on ergonomics in the workplace, no leadership development for middle managers, no outsourcing to third-world countries, no growing use of part-time and contract employees, no instant access to training videos on YouTube, no text-messaging at work, no telecommuting, no Corporate Culture initiatives, no succession-planning strategies, no anti-bullying programs and no stringent workplace safety programs.
It is a different workplace today than it was thirty years ago.
So why then, are so many organizations and so-called experts clinging to outdated models of management and organizational development when the workplace is clearly a different place today than it was 30 years ago?
What worked thirty years ago will not work today. And it certainly wont work tomorrow. If you're not keeping up - then you're falling behind.
The world won't stop changing just because you're not up to speed. If you're not prepared to read the Blog posts, the books, view the videos, attend the seminars and take a portion of your day, everyday, just to stay current, then you're in the way. You're holding up your organization or, at the very least, giving your organization some very bad advice.
If you don't want to do the work of staying ahead of the changes instead of always having to react to them, then maybe it's time you stepped aside and let someone else take your place - someone who is prepared to offer real-world, current solutions to today's challenges.
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