Adaptability: What It Takes to Be a Quick-Change Artist
Paige Graham and Allan Calarco
In today’s business world, change is coming faster and bigger than ever before. Companies and even entire industries can find themselves turned upside down seemingly overnight. The need for leaders to be adaptable is generally acknowledged, but there has been little insight into what adaptability actually looks like. Now CCL and two partners are undertaking research to deepen the understanding of adaptability.
Metathesiophobia. That’s the tongue-tying word for the fear of change—a fear that most people, if they are honest with themselves, will admit to having experienced. Change, even when it’s relatively minor and even when the individual wants a change, can ...
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