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...to your questions below..."Are they a really open to suggestions.." no, i don't think they are. Usually the people asking for help are not those that actually wield the power to make decisions, hold the budgetary pursestrings, nor have the biggest departments (other strong followers). Organizations that are open to change agents, are generally (I believe) going to be organizations where change and change agents have already impacted and influenced the company during other times of change and/or crisis, i.e. there are already some strong champions there in strong executive leadership positions. We'll see how things progress during 2002....maybe there will be a revolution of change that spreads through corporate America? The corporation will probably be run somewhat differently in 2002, affected by 9-11, dotcom collapse, slowdown of economy, the new emerging Euro...all of these things will effect how leaders run organizations, how employees react and follow leaders. Individuals will probably evaluate more closely what they are sacrificing (in terms of their family lives, personal lifestyles, etc.) before just taking or staying with any job....hmm....sounds like a personal philosophy might be springing up here....