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New Job, New Culture: Do You Fit In?
   
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Now, six weeks into the new job you know in your gut and sleepless nights that maybe, just maybe, youve made the biggest mistake of your career. Your new company is a 180-degree change from your former one.
Are you finding any of the following? Your new company hardly holds meetings while your former company had constant meetings. Youre now faced with status-quo thinking when youre accustomed to innovation and change. Youre bored! Before, you were constantly challenged. Theres an Old Boys Club going on, whereas you were once on an almost level playing field. Management has unreasonably high expectations and an autocratic style when you previously thrived with realistic expectations couched in consultative management. And heres a new expectation: golf on Friday afternoons.
So how are you going to fit in? Did you make the right choice? Should and can you leave?
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*Asking a trusted friend to help you write down specifically what the differences are between your former company and new one, using the above as a guide;
*Determining how to bridge the differences and if its worth it to you and your career to do so;
*Making three-month, six-month and one-year goals to benchmark your satisfaction and value within the company. For example, In three months, I will be on two cross functional committees, leading one of them.
*Identifying the top 10 positive experiences youd want to undergo if you had 24 hours to live. (Read Choice Points, by Sidney Rice, and the Top 10 exercises from the PaperRoom Process.) Then, you ask yourself why you chose each and translate the items into your core needs that is, what do you need at work to bring out your best. The Top 10 fall into four categories challenge, recognition, social connections and achievement connected to your values. You can see whats missing and devise ways to fill the gap.
For example, if you are missing achievement and recognition because your change initiatives are nowhere near completion, give yourself several simpler projects to complete, even something at home.
If you are missing social connections, ask yourself, What specifically does that mean to me? You might realize that the location of your new company interferes with your ability to connect with industry contacts. Map a plan to network twice a month, drop a note to industry contacts periodically, and attend a new conference to increase your connections in your field.
When you change companies, youll almost always encounter a change in culture, sometimes mild, sometimes severe. Before you make a move, check out the companys culture as well as its financial statements and the specifics of the job offer. If youve already made a move and youre not sure its the right one, these suggestions may help you decide with greater confidence whether to stay or go.
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