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Adaptability is a must-have trait. Here’s how to spot it — and increase it
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Adaptability in a changing world
In our rapidly changing world, adaptability is a must-have characteristic.
Organizations want team members who can take on new responsibilities and gain new skills as needed. You should not only be able to spot this quality so you can hire the right people, but also build it so that you stay employable.
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How to assess adaptability
- When interviewing people, ask "what if" questions. It will force a person to picture multiple possible versions and make decisions accordingly. It will give a sense of the candidate's adaptability based on how many scenarios they're able to come up with.
- "Tell me about the time you were wrong," followed by "What is the most convincing argument of those who disagreed with you?" will tell you if people are willing to change their minds and consequently be more adaptable.
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Unlearning instead of learning
Unlearning is an important sign of adaptability and very useful for people who are looking for a new job.
Unlearning is challenging what you think you know and overriding the information with new data.ddsadasdasd
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Finding a new job
An unlearning mindset is beneficial when you are looking for a new job in a different field.
- Instead of looking at the overall title or position, look at the individual components and pieces of your job.
- See where your skills might be applied in a different environment.
- Ask yourself in which industry is this one skill underused? Then you can move forward by bringing your individual pieces of expertise with you.
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Look for signs of exploration
When someone has found a solution, they may never look further for other solutions. But by not looking for additional solutions, they may be missing out on something better.
It is better to find ways to break habits you have, for instance, watching a movie in a different language, or walking an alternate route. It may seem minor, but will allow for crucial vantage point shifts and help you practice to unlearn.
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A person's adaptability isn't fixed
Adaptability can be improved. You actively have to seek it out and exercise it.
- Play with opportunities. Make yourself knowledgeable in other areas to bridge existing gaps at your organization.
- Occasionally, adopt the role of devils advocate to allow you, your boss and your colleagues to see things from the other side.
- Keep a failure resume or log. Write down the times you were wrong, changed your mind, or made mistakes. See them as steps you've taken on your professional journey and learn from them.
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The role of anger
Anger is not actually bad for us - it alerts us to the fact that we've been wronged. The racing heart and hot face is your body preparing for a fight or flight response, energizing you to confr...
Managing your anger
Managing your anger is all about managing your thoughts. Your thoughts will determine how you respond.
Strategies like cognitive behavioral therapy can teach people healthier thought patterns.
The Angry Cognitions Scale (ACS)
It helps a user read a set of blood-boiling scenarios and rates how likely they are to have each of six possible reactions. It enables you to recognize unhelpful thoughts that cause a knee-jerk reaction. For example: When you are driving through a residential area, and someone backs their car out of a driveway and nearly hits you. There are six possible reactions:
- "They did that just so I'd have to stop." This is a fallacy known as misattributing causation - you don't know the other person's intentions.
- "They almost totaled my car." It catastrophizes a scary situation into utter destruction.
- "Nobody knows how to drive anymore" overgeneralizes a specific situation into a universal truth.
- "I was here first. They shouldn't have gotten in my way." Here you make an unreasonable demand that somehow other people should know where you're going.
- "That dumb jerk!" is inflammatory labeling that dehumanizes and insults the other person.
- "He must not have seen me" is adaptive and more likely to calm you down.
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Benefits of vacationing
Studies show that those who go on vacations are more likely to have:
- A decreased risk of having a fatal heart attack for men;
- An improvement in heightening one's reacti...
Staycation
Vacations aren't only on tropical islands or a different place, sometimes it could be in the confines of your home. This is called a staycation and often provides the same benefits: an chance to rest, break from the usual routine, and time to play.
Oftentimes, it could be even more relaxing than an actual vacation because you wouldn't have to go through crowded airports, no jetlag, or fighting for a good spot at the beach.
Staycation Ideas
- Read books and watch movies that stimulates your desire for adventure;
- Pick up that old musical instrument that you've procrastinated to learn;
- Cook yourself something palatable and have an aperitif to go with it;
- Discover new games, online or board games;
- Visit a virtual museum;
- Go to a nearby park or if you're feeling a little bit more adventurous, go hiking; and
- Try studying a new language just in case you decide to go to the country of your choice.
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Overusing "I'm Sorry"
According to psychologists, we habitually apologize in our communication, but we can learn to be considerate without saying the word "sorry".
We don’t have to needlessly apolo...
Alternatives To Saying Sorry
- We can eliminate 'Sorry' from our vocabulary when we bump into someone, and replace it with ‘Go ahead’, ‘Pardon me’ or ‘After you’, for example.
- During meetings, we can use phrases like ‘I have an Idea’ or ‘I would like to add…’.
Say Thank You Not Sorry
Gratitude is the best way to end the sorry pandemic, and we can always thank the other person(s) for whatever small inconvenience there was (like waiting).
We can also cultivate a habit of pointing out to the other person if a sorry isn’t required.