Adaptability

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-60491-180-0
Verlag: American Nurses Association

Buch, Englisch, 32 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: The Ideas Into Action Guidebook Series

In today’s business world, the complexity and pace of change can be daunting. Adaptability is a necessary skill for leaders to develop in order to respond effectively to this change. This guidebook contributes to a greater understanding of adaptability and the cognitive, emotional, and dispositional flexibility it requires. Leaders will learn how to develop their own adaptability and to foster it in others, thereby becoming more effective for themselves, the people they lead, and their organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Calarco, Allan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- What Is Adaptability?
- Why Adaptability Is Important for Leaders
- What Are Obstacles to Adaptability?
- Stages of Transition
- Three Elements of Adaptability
- Cognitive Flexibility
- Emotional Flexibility
- Dispositional Flexibility
- Developing Adaptability
- Ways to Practice Cognitive Flexibility
- Ways to Practice Emotional Flexibility
- Ways to Practice Dispositional Flexibility
- Adaptability: A Leadership Imperative
- Suggested Readings
- Background
- Key Point Summary

Über Autor(innen)

Allan Calarco is the group manager for all open-enrollment offerings at CCL’s Brussels campus. He serves as a faculty member in several open-enrollment and custom programs. He is a certified feedback specialist and executive coach. Allan holds a master’s degree in counseling from Shippensburg University.

Joan Gurvis is CCL’s Greensboro campus director. She manages the faculty and support functions of the campus as well as the adjunct faculty. She facilitates open-enrollment and custom programs, does research, and is a certified feedback specialist. Joan holds a BSN from Duke University and an MSN from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.