The best way to bring about change is to bring everyone with you. But how do you do that in practice? Change is inevitable and the status quo is never an option.

When we stop moving, we die. In fact, there are so many phrases that express this sentiment that we cannot fail to know that we live in an environment of change. How well do we prepare for these inevitable times of change?

Do we look to maintain the skills we need to manage change as an essential part of our skill set? The fact is, we probably don’t prepare well at all. We focus on the clinical skills we need for patient care and possibly the business skills that are useful to help us to manage the day to day.

But, mostly, we let change happen to us. Sometimes we fight change, but most often we don’t act to take the control that is needed for change to happen with the least stress or in order to gain the most benefit.