Yeah, Hi. It's Bill Lumbergh again!

There’s death and taxes (don’t forget to file by April 15!), but nothing is as certain as change. Not just the kind politicians talk about, but also the kind every office and every workplace experiences.

Sometimes, new people are hired. Other times, people leave. And still other times, there are reorganizations and people just move.

If you’re relatively new in the working world, you may not have had change happen yet. You will. If you’ve been out there for a few years, you’ve seen it, and you’ll see more of it.



In our office, we have two changes – moves, actually -- happening simultaneously, and we’re all doing our best to cope. First, our office space is changing, and we’re moving – just across the hall, but moving is moving. Second, one of our colleagues that you'll know -- a co-author of this blog -- is moving on to a new job.

The office move will take some time to adjust to – with different combinations of people in different places, trying to figure out what works. The colleague move is a permanent change, as we all try to figure out how things will work without Andrea, and how to find a new Andrea to replace her.

The reality is that there won’t be a new Andrea – there’ll be a new someone else. Parts of “old” Andrea will continue on as the rest of us must find ways to keep going without her.

The larger change will be figuring out how the new workplace and the new person will mesh -- and change. More and more, we see the effects of change. First, there was the mobile office. Telecommuting is replacing flextime, which is replacing 9 to 5 as the standard. Everything keeps changing.

Is this happening in your office? How are you and your colleagues coping? Leave a comment and let us know.