{"id":2812,"date":"2012-07-02T07:16:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2012-07-02T07:17:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:17:51","slug":"change-is-bad-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2012\/07\/change-is-bad-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Change is Bad – Trials of a New CAD Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Seven: \u00a0Change is Bad<\/strong><\/p>\n

When taking on a new position you will have to balance the need to make changes, but not too many.\u00a0 Change must be needed since they offered you the position.\u00a0 Unless they hired you and specifically said not to change anything and to just maintain what was going on, then you have change in front of you.<\/p>\n

You can to this position with ideas for change.\u00a0 Fixes are needed.\u00a0 Adjustments are in order.\u00a0 There many be many or just a few, but there are things that need to be reviewed and refined.\u00a0 That is what a CAD Manager does.\u00a0 They look over the landscape to see where the rough spots are and they look for ways to smooth them out.<\/p>\n

You may encounter resistance with the big changes and with the small ones.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of this Trial:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

People will push back when you suggest changes in the workflow and processes that are in place.\u00a0 Big change and little change will cause concern to some folks.\u00a0 Those closest to the production will most likely share your desire to see change.\u00a0 Those that are a step or two away from the front lines may not see the need.\u00a0 They say \u201cThings are working fine, we do not need to upset the apple cart\u201d.\u00a0 And they start pushing back.\u00a0 They may recruit others to their side and seek to squelch any change that you have in mind.<\/p>\n

When this Trial comes your way:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Find out who made the existing rules and who benefits or is \u201closes\u201d from a change.\u00a0 Often those that seek to keep the status quo are those that defined the work methods prior to you coming on board.\u00a0 They made the rules and they think they still should apply.\u00a0 Their project teams are fully versed in the processes and they don\u2019t want any troubles coming from some change that you might suggest.<\/p>\n

Once you know who has invested in the existing environment, you may be able to seek their advice or get their input.\u00a0 Ask them to share what they like about the current flow and what they think might need fixing.\u00a0 Move past the comments of \u201cnothing is needed\u201d and look for some small little change that you can make to get the ball rolling.\u00a0 Once you get one small success or improvement, ask them about your ideas.\u00a0 Get them to allow you to adjust another area.\u00a0 Offer it up as a test.\u00a0 If it fails, you can go back to what was done before.<\/p>\n

Start small and make little adjustments as you move to prove your value and then move to larger and larger items.\u00a0 Do not change something gigantic, just make a small change and build on the positive that comes from it.\u00a0 You will soon be trusted with more and be able to move from Change is Bad \u2013 to Change is Good.<\/p>\n
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This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Seven: \u00a0Change is Bad When taking on a new position you will have to balance the need to make changes, but not too many.\u00a0 Change must be needed since they offered you the position.\u00a0 Unless they hired you and specifically said not to change anything and to just maintain what was going on, then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"series":[71],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-management","series-trials-of-a-new-cad-manager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2816,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions\/2816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}