'I was only doing my job'. No-one has the right to obey
High Performance Change writes...Subordination doesn't justify abdication. A Post Office investigator's defence that 'I was only doing my job' isn't enough. Interestingly, the skills you need to be able to look yourself in the mirror happen to be the same ones that underpin your ability to adapt.
Why isn’t Adaptability more of a priority?
Well, when I put that question to the talented members of the Scottish Institute for Business Leaders this week, their wide-ranging and insightful answers included a clutch of stand-out insights:
Are you more adaptable than you think?
High Performance Change says: last week, we Brits found out what everyone south of Dover has known since glass was invented: when it gets hot, don’t open your windows, close them. Well, it was news to me, as I guess it was to most Brits given that it was on the news.
Change Management doesn’t change the one thing you most need to change
High Performance Change says: If you wanted to drive across Australia, you’d pack the vehicle with a survival kit – to help you adapt to any situation you might find yourself in – before you departed. It would be utter madness to even think about just setting off as if it were a normal trip, armed only with the idea of dealing with stuff as it happens along the way. And yet, if the only way you…
Are you one of the 8%? (Statistically, probably not…)
Adaptability is one of the skills employers say they need the most, but it’s the one they invest in the least – despite it being the skill employees possess the least.
Four for the price of five
Trials start this week for a four-day week. If successful, will it just change our schedule or how we think about change itself?
Developing adaptability in the leaders of the future
Rich Alderton was delighted to be invited by The Perse School in Cambridge to deliver an interactive session on Adaptability to their sixth form students recently.
Don’t make a New Year Resolution (without reading this first)
At this time of year there’s lots to do – like tying up loose ends, clearing inboxes, reviewing the year and preparing for the Christmas break. It’s no surprise then that most people don’t really think about committing to a New Year’s Resolution (NYR) until the last moment. That lack of planning might be one reason that of the 50% of us that make them, two thirds don’t even make it to February.
Good COP Bad COP?
Twenty-five conferences have failed to stop the climate crisis. The question is why, when most world leaders have enough intelligence to understand the science, and most of the countries they run have experienced increasingly extreme weather events. So what are the real reasons politicians aren’t rising to the ultimate challenge that could after all, seal their place in history one way or the…
A diagnosis of the High Performance Change programme
As a practising GP in the UK’s National Health Service, Dr Mike Rampling spends most of his working life helping people deal with the fear and anxiety of change. So you’d think he’d be an expert at dealing with them himself. So did he...
What's the difference between Change Management and Adaptability Intelligence?
Rich at High Performance Change writes: "We're often asked about the difference between Change Management and Adaptability Intelligence, and whether they're mutually exclusive. The good news is that they're different but complementary disciplines...