Personal Change Management - It Starts When You Finished Your Career

Only a limited number of careers and the people thatengineering department, the programmer could
finished these will do exactly what is in line with thebecome the manager of the development team or the
expectation of the career. For example:salesman could become an entrepreneur.
You study medicine, follow a specialization and youBasically change starts with or after we finish school
finish as a surgeon. You work as a surgeon most ofor university. You have studied to be employed in a
your life. Even if you would switch your practice tocertain direction, but after "tasting" the real thing you
another country, your job -- being a surgeon -- will becould very well switch and refocus on new
much the same.opportunities.
The same holds true for the accountant, the architect,For some it starts even earlier. They do not know
the programmer, the coach (sports) or the engineer.what to do later on and they study something
But the surgeon could also become the director of a"randomly." Law is always a good starting point you
hospital. After years of service this would be a logicalcan use this background in nearly any job.
next step. Even though the management of healthAnd then it is all up to you. How well do you know
institutions has been professionalized, the possibility stillwhat you want and where you are heading to? That
exists.is basically what change is all about.
And, the engineer could become the manager of the