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Why your adaptability quotient is your silver bullet to remaining relevant By Caroline Kennedy|25 April 2021 You have just lived through one of the most turbulent periods in recent work history. Workplaces and processes have changed. What your organisation expects from you has changed, writes Caroline Kennedy. It’s hard to keep up. No wonder LinkedIn’s research listed adaptability as one of the most in-demand skills for 2020.  What is adaptability quotient? Canada’s Ivey Business School defines adaptability quotient (AQ) as “the ability to determine what’s relevant, to forget o...

As the pandemic stretches into its second year in Virginia, some area parents have had to navigate a new path forward, maneuvering around the numerous and constant challenges that have been put before their families. The COVID-19 pandemic that has so far claimed more than 525,000 lives and, in Virginia, has resulted in more than 590,000 cases and nearly 10,000 fatalities has affected families to varying degrees. It has canceled plans, devoured vacations and family outings, changed the way parents work and taken students out of school. Parents in the Lynchburg-area despite their different situ...

As I continue to share the common list of co-parenting challenges, the next one on the list is, “The handling of schedule changes and lack of flexibility and adaptability.” This co-parenting challenge is very common and almost always a direct result of anger and emotion attached to separation and or divorce. Regardless of your custody or visitation schedule, you will find, at some point in your co-parenting, the need for flexibility and adaptability. It is so important to remove anger and emotion. If you are the parent needing or requesting a schedule change, or if you are wanting s...

As head of information security at FirstPort property management services in the U.K., Sawan Joshi puts a heavy emphasis on ongoing education – for himself, as

At a glance The style of leadership required during a phase of recovery is one that is more consultative and that aims to help people thrive. The challenges imposed by the current environment call for leadership attributes such as empathy, collaboration, flexibility and good listening skills. Demonstrating a sense of purpose is also important, especially in times of uncertainty. In the initial stages of a crisis, it is often directive leaders who come to the fore – those top-down leaders who tell others what to do, says leadership expert Fiona Robertson. The recovery phase requires a differ...