Flexibility and Discipline

Flexibility and discipline appear to be two very contradictory words. In reality, within the context of organization, flexibility requires dis-cipline. Discipline is a fundamental organizational characteristic directed to an orderly process of developing methodology and procedure when producing blueprints, fulfilling tasks and responsibilities, completing projects and events, and dealing with lifestyle changes. Embedded in that discipline is the formation of contingency plans, in case your established procedure fails or you encounter overbearing change or unanticipated events.

Change and unanticipated events are inevitable. You must accept and be prepared for their eventuality. World War II brought on the emergence of women competing with men in the workplace. Two-income households are now more the norm than the exception. And those households rely on the two incomes to survive economically. The likelihood for acquisitions, mergers, closures, and related layoffs to affect one's job has increased two-fold for many homes.