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Adaptability and Learning

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Share your SUCCESS

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  • Start and end on time
  • Ask Questions
  • Listen Carefully
  • Respect the speaker
  • Turn off cellphones

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  • Understand the need for change
  • Convey willingness to adapt to a changing situation
  • Project a positive image towards change

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Adaptability of an organism is to alter itself or its responses to the changed circumstances or environment

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Why do we not adapt?

  • Habit: ‘We have always done it this way’
  • Rigid Structure
  • Insufficient experimentation
  • No compelling reason: ‘Why should I do it?’
  • Don’t know HOW to do it
  • Fear: ‘What if something goes wrong?’

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We adapt to the situations by

  • Developing coping mechanisms and survival tactics
  • Developing traits of flexibility
  • Changing our behaviour according to the situations

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Adapting to Chennai

  • Imagine you are moving to Chennai
  • How will you adapt to the following?
  • People and their behaviour
  • Culture
  • Language
  • Food
  • Weather
  • Surrounding places

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Why is adaptability important for employers?

Changes in technology and diversity in work make employers look for employees who are open to new ideas, methods of work, who can adapt to work pressure and plan alternate solutions when things don’t go as planned.

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Traits of an adaptable person

  • Fits in work culture easily
  • Open to new ideas and change
  • Looks for creative solutions
  • Can move out of comfort zone
  • Productive even under work pressure and stress
  • Balances life (professional and personal)
  • Experiments and learns new things.

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Change Three

  • Listen to the instructions of your facilitator carefully and follow them

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Accept change

  • Be ready for surprises
  • Be willing to learn new things
  • New roles or projects will bring new fears and challenges to work on
  • Believe that “Change is the only constant”
  • Say more ‘yes’ than ‘no’ to change

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How to become adaptable?

  1. Accept change
  2. Try to understand ‘why change’
  3. Focus on benefits
  4. Control your emotions
  5. Be positive
  6. Understand personal reason for resistance
  7. Stop defending the old way as the right way
  8. Embrace the idea of learning and doing something new
  9. Think Creatively
  10. Ask for help!

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Work on solutions

  • Be open to various perspectives
  • Renew your knowledge constantly
  • Work in teams to brainstorm to alternate plans

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Adapting at Work

  • Brainstorm Ideas on how you will adapt early to an organization:
  • Language
  • Dressing
  • Work Style
  • Hierarchy
  • Attitude of Leaders

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Showing them I am ready

  • Show alertness in behavior
  • Be upfront and excited
  • Be strong in your body language
  • Try not to complain. it shows on your face!

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Telling them I am ready

  • Use positive phrases.. Yes. Of course. Sure
  • Support the change maker.. I agree with you
  • Tell them you are with them.. I am with you
  • Offer extras.. Please tell me if there is anything extra you want me to do
  • Point to a positive end… We will be able to do this

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Constant Learning is Key

To handle constant change

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How do you add learning in your life today?

  • Apart from college and school studies
  • Discuss ways in which you can learn other than this
  • How will you continue to learn even after you have reached your goal of finding the perfect job?
  • How will you retain this habit in your entire life?

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Some ideas….

  • Reading magazines on current affairs
  • Free ebooks download
  • TED talks
  • YouTube self help/technical/educational videos
  • Reading the newspaper
  • Audio books
  • Researching ways to continue specialization in a certain field
  • Find courses- online or otherwise and join them
  • Interact more with people who are knowledgeable, and hear their ideas and concepts
  • Distance learning courses

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Everyday

Pledge to do something everyday to contribute to learning

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Plan your success

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  • Understand the need for change
  • Convey willingness to adapt to a changing situation
  • Project a positive image towards change

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Take action now!

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