How to prepare yourself for the inevitable CHANGE?

• Communicate effectively.
• Train people.
• Convince your seniors.
• Have a consensus - atleast try to achieve!
• Enhance flexibility.
• Start feedback mechanism.
• Encourage fresh/new ideas.
• Have a self analysis - by self as well as by others.
• Network and socialise.
• Strategise and foresee.
• Have a long range planning.
• Initiate awards/rewards for good change ideas.
• Counsel/Get counselled..
• Constitute a Change Committee..at home and workplace(Say at home with your family and at workplace with seniors and juniors).
• Identify and change obsolete ways of doing work.
• Have regular quality meetings.
• Identify new opportunities and challenges(SWOT)
• Role change of self and staff.
• Document decisions and ideas.
• Be a change agent.
  

Useful references:

a. Wikipedia
b. Answers.com
c. “Workshop on Managing Change & Transition" by Dr.Shailendra Gupta
d. www.amaindia.org