Change is inevitable. If you decide to remain stagnant, you get left in the mire. The ability to adapt is a characteristic that often determines who continues to climb the advancement ladder and who remains stuck on a lower rung. Teach yourself flexibility so you can make the adjustments a high-level career demands.
Choose to commit to creative solutions when you face a needed adjustment. Avoid a comforting formula that holds you back. You might have been successful using the same methods for a time, but it never lasts. Adaptation is essential so help embrace it by pushing past those soothing limits. It hurts less the more you practice creative problem solving.
Let it go when you can. One issue that restricts our flexibility is the desire to manage everything. Reality reminds us that we are not all-powerful and, really, nobody wants infinite control. Stop micromanaging; force yourself to relegate duties, and allow others to make decisions. When it is not a crucial matter, choose to release your hold on it. Your pride might smart a little, but sweating the insignificant robs you of thoughtful energy and takes power away from others.
Learn to control your emotions to increase adaptability. Passion is an essential and necessary executive trait, but it requires intelligent directing. Practice thinking out situations when they prompt a potentially explosive reaction on your part. Feeling you are in the right is a powerful emotion that can produce a rigid response. Fight the impulse to shut everything down. Acknowledge the facts of the situation and strive for a reaction that will produce the most favorable results for your career.
Adapting, so that you behave well in difficult circumstances, propels you further in your work. The effort you spend to improve your ability to adjust pays off quickly as you work better with colleagues and, surprisingly, with yourself.