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Over my career, I have seen many, many managers that "don't want to be bothered" with change.  I have news for you--it is your fiduciary responsibility to be bothered with change.  It is a tired old phrase, but change is inevitable, and not keeping up will cause you problems...

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Welcome to the season of change.  You know, the last couple of months of the year when companies resolve to stop doing whatever they were doing that did not work and move on.  This may mean you are declared "redundant" (something that has happened to a good colleague of mine already here at the beginning of the season) or it may mean you will have a new boss or new owners.  Your future career opportunities, at least for the next few years, will be determined by how you act in the first week of this new experience, whatever it may be for you.

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Our industry, and other heavy industries have done dismal job of keeping the public informed of what we do, how we do it, and the benefits to society. The reality today is that the pulp and paper industry is tightly regulated, closely watched, and by and large a good citizen. 

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