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

Skills covered

AdaptabilityWell-Being and Self-CarePersonal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Exercise files

1. Why Workers Need to be Adaptive

03 - The adaptive mindset
04 - Characteristics of adaptive workers
05 - How to be an adaptive manager

2. Developing Adaptive Workers

06 - The psychology of adaptation
07 - Skills for adaptive workers
08 - Hone self-management skills
09 - Roles of adaptive workers
10 - Develop proactive workers
11 - Importance of goals in adaptive work
12 - Develop and support remote workers

3. Developing Adaptive Teams

13 - Why you need an adaptive team
14 - Collaboration and adaptive teams

Conclusion

15 - The future of adaptive work