Working in a Different Environment: New Roles, New Functions and New Industries

Abstract

It is tempting to stay in a familiar environment. The area where we ‘grew up’ and learned our trade is well-known to us. We understand its culture and know how to get things done. While change is disruptive, it seems to be the price we have to be willing to pay for true learning. Only if we move outside our comfort zone is our thinking challenged and we are forced to learn new ways of doing things. If a woman wants to progress in her career she needs to understand how the different parts of the organization link together. She also has to understand the organization’s competing needs and be able to see an issue from different perspectives in order to make the best decision overall, rather than just for one particular function: The same set of experiences time and time again is not useful, you need to completely change the context and get out of your comfort zone. It is not so much an issue of whether you are in line or functional roles, it is more about how often you are in a new context and a new sector and new roles. It is the change in job roles that is important. For example, it is important to be part of an acquisition, both while acquiring and while being acquired, and it is important to be in a situation where money has been lost and to have worked in a low-margin environment. (HR director, FTSE 100 company) These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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