Copy your staff on articles which discuss higher education trends and changes. Encourage management and line staff to attend higher education conferences and continue to upgrade their skills. Involve staff in providing input for reorganization recommendations. Attend the Vice President's chat sessions and ask questions and provide input. Keep upgrading your technical and non-technical skills.
Professionals are committed to continual learning.
Look for ways to get rid of reports or work that is no longer valuable to your institution. Volunteer to serve on committees which are dealing directly with the change process. Learn how to analyze problems, be creative, and find solutions. Do not become comfortable with status quo. He interviewed several insurance executives to try and predict what would happen in the marketplace with managed care.