Developing Adaptable Employees
52mBeginner2017-10-05
Authors

Gary Bolles
Lecturer, Cofounder of eParachute
Course details
Workplace change is a constant. To successfully achieve business goals in this landscape, managers need to help their employees learn how to adapt to changing conditions. In this course, eParachute founder Gary Bolles outlines why workers—and managers—need to be adaptive, and what skills managers can help employees develop in order to be resilient. He also expands the discussion to include how to develop adaptive teams, and discusses the future of adaptive work.
Learning objectives
Characteristics of adaptive workers
How to be an adaptive manager
Honing self-management skills
Developing proactive workers
Importance of goals in adaptive work
Developing and supporting remote workers
Empowering adaptive workers to solve problems
Collaboration and adaptive teams
Learning objectives
Characteristics of adaptive workers
How to be an adaptive manager
Honing self-management skills
Developing proactive workers
Importance of goals in adaptive work
Developing and supporting remote workers
Empowering adaptive workers to solve problems
Collaboration and adaptive teams
Skills covered
AdaptabilityWell-Being and Self-CarePersonal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Exercise files
Why Workers Need to be Adaptive
- The adaptive mindset
- Characteristics of adaptive workers
- How to be an adaptive manager
Developing Adaptive Workers
- The psychology of adaptation
- Skills for adaptive workers
- Hone self-management skills
- Roles of adaptive workers
- Develop proactive workers
- Importance of goals in adaptive work
- Develop and support remote workers
Developing Adaptive Teams
- Why you need an adaptive team
- Collaboration and adaptive teams
Conclusion
- The future of adaptive work