如果你正在考虑换工作或是开始新的职业生涯，你需要了解职场转变周期，伦敦商学院的奈杰尔尼克尔森教授说。他提出，在入职头一百天以及之后的时间里，有四个阶段需要运用特殊战略：
1 Preparation
准备
Get to know the company and organizational culture you are joining, the products/services it offers, and its key people。
了解你即将加入的公司及其企业文化，了解公司的产品/服务以及公司中的重要人物。
2 Encounter
体验
Listen and learn when you start your new job. Keep your eyes open and ask questions, even if they seem stupid or you already know the answers. You won't get another chance to question as openly as this。
开始新的工作后要多倾听，多学习。睁大双眼，多问问题，即时问题显得很蠢，或是你早已知道答案。因为你不会再有可以这样坦诚提问的机会了。
3 Adjustment
调整
In this phase, you aim to reduce differences between you and the organiztional environment by changing either the environment or your behaviour。
在这个阶段，你的目标是通过改变环境或者自身行为来减少你和企业氛围的差别。
4 Stabilization
稳定
Finally, you put in place the things that are going to hold your new situation together and make you part of the organization--before you move on to the next stage of preparation for another change。
最后，把那些构成你的新局面、令你成为公司一分子的因素归位--直到你要为下一次换工作做准备为止。