Mindset 5: Adapt Quickly, Flexibly

Perform well in different and changing environments

Respond effectively to changes, uncertainty, adversity, or other pressures

Readily accept new ideas and approaches

Act with a sense of urgency

On-the-Job

Take responsibility for solving a problem that has resisted conventional solutions Work in a new area/attack a new problem with tight deadlines Coach a person encountering new challenges Participate in a task force in which the members' ability to act requires flexibility and a willingness to consider others ideas.

Reading

• Managing Uncertainty (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series, #9083)
• Karl Albrecht, Executive Tune-Up: Personal Effectiveness Skills for Business (Prentice-Hall, 1979)
• John P. Kotter, The New Rules: How to Succeed in Today's Post-Corporate World (Free Press, 1997)

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