Management change

Management change is an interesting period of vanity and denial.

Everything with the current business feels so wrong - you look down at the graphs and management reports in disdain. You sympathetically hear your colleagues writhe in agony about the past and assure them that things are going to be different. You listen to come customers complain about contract related matters and let them know with the utmost sincerity that you will look into the matter with the most urgency. You look at some pending legal issues and wonder in exasperation about why some decisions were made. Yes, it's all going to get better from hereon.

Scratch the surface with your colleagues and you will realize that you are hearing only one side of the story. Background checks on some customers will reveal how they haven't met their end of the bargain. A detailed read through project assumptions will answer some investment decisions that may have gone awry today.

The truth is when one is in a live operating environment, you make decisions based around the circumstances at that given time and with all the information that is available with you. Sure, there are always areas of improvement and you will be better off focussing on them and staying positive in your own way rather than belittling the other.

You might also consider this liberty when you think of your parents. And while this aspect is personal and may not apply to all - if you have had a normal childhood with well meaning parents, you are bound to have your share of disagreements. Today, you may question some of the decisions that were made for you at that time. However, if you are willing to consider that your parents were bound by the information available to them at the given time (and constraints), that is what they really thought was best. Perhaps they would consider differently with the information available today. So make peace with yourself and do the best you can with what you can see today - it sure wont be the same tomorrow.

Happy Father's Day.

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