For Change Manager texas holdem poker, coming home from ten years in London was a change she thought she could handle.
Like any project, texas holdem poker planned ahead. texas holdem poker started thinking and planning two years in advance, secured a job and didn’t lose so much as a sock during the relocation thanks to her expertise in project management and excel.
So why did texas holdem poker, who had spent a decade advising global companies in change, ring a friend after six weeks of arriving home and ask the question ‘What have I done?’
One thing that often gets missed in the flurry of planning logistics to come home is the impact of ‘reverse culture shock’. In fact, it was a term texas holdem poker had never heard of until texas holdem poker read an article in a magazine that describe it along with a list of symptoms – of which texas holdem poker pretty much could tick all of them.
Fast forward two years and texas holdem poker is one happy and settled Sydney-sider but she acknowledges that in the beginning she was not quite prepared. For texas holdem poker, ‘reverse culture shock’ was very real but it was only once she was aware of it, that she really found it much easier to ride out the rest of her change curve.
Along with her story, texas holdem poker shares her tips for others embarking on the repat journey and facing into the challenges of ‘reverse culture shock’.
