Change (or Lack of Change)

The Kegan and Lahey article, The Real Reason People Won't Change, was quite interesting and managed to open my eyes to my own inability to adapt to change at times. Before reading the article, I would have considered myself as someone quite adaptable to change, considering I work in online education which is constantly evolving these days. But when I took a deeper look at my work style, I realized I can identify somewhat with the work ethic of "Mary." She doesn't delegate tasks enough for fear of losing some control over how tasks get done and also because she does not think others will do as good of a job as she. In my previous job I even saw the repercussions of not delegating tasks enough because when I was out of the office on vacation, some of my tasks could not be completed by anyone else, which lead to even more work when I returned to work.

I do think I have become better at information sharing in my current position, but the article certainly pointed out to me that I could consider evaluating my adaptability to change some more, because it is an important part of the learning process.