Today we are speaking about moving to a new company! Dealing with the stress of moving to a new company is a problem for many people. The stress can be caused by being evaluated by your superiors and your colleagues. We’ll start with the issue of dealing with stress, but a slight correction first! Let’s replace the word stress with excitement. The reason for this change is the following: our subconscious mind seems to follow our conscious mind. Calling everything challenging “stress” is bad because it puts a negative connotation to it. Instead let’s go for exciting!

"Instead of calling it stress, let's go for exciting!"

Back to the first point about dealing with the excitement of a new company. Good companies usually have good training programs or mentoring programs. Your mentor is usually outside of your chain of command, for instance you work in IT and they are in the marketing department. Companies make an effort to bring these new employees up to speed as soon as possible. Avoid retreating into your shell. By this I mean that you are there to manage! Do not be an IT manager who sits at the console all day. That is not your job. My biggest advice is make sure that you know what your roles are.

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"Do not be an IT manager who sits at the console all day."

As for pressure that the higher management or the organization brings onto you? Nobody can bring you under pressure unless you allow them to. If your new boss gives you a pile of work in your first week, most of which you may not understand, it may just be a test. New employees are put under the pressure to see how much they can handle. Your new company wants to see what skills you have, not just how well you can interview. This way they can adjust their expectations as well as adjust your role accordingly.

"Nobody follows an asshole!"

Make sure that you keep you keep a positive attitude because people only follow nice people. Nobody follows an asshole. One way to keep positive is to use an achievement journal. Every evening, write down 10 positive things so that you keep in this positive journal. Make sure that you talk to as many people as possible. A great place to start is with HR. Their job is to bring you into this company. At the end of this first week you should be suffering from caffeine poisoning. Why? Because drinking coffee equals people sitting together, speaking, and you adapting to your new environment!

Stay in lead!OLAF KAPINSKI 🙂