When things get tough at the office (major deadlines, a challenging employee, high stakes accounts) how do you react? Are you a go with the flow type of leader? Are you open to embracing change or do you resist? It’s often been said that learning to improvise will make you successful in leadership and life. We live in a changing world – new thinkers and strategies and ideas are born each day. As leaders, it’s our job to adapt and grow with change, while continuing to apply our experience and knowledge. Here’s a great guide for why learning to improvise will make you successful.
Be Successful by Learning to Improvise
- Active listening. By valuing the opinions and ideas of those around you, you can learn and grow.
- Promote group success. By improvising creatively to a tough situation, you have the opportunity to promote the success of an entire team.
- An open-minded approach. Being open goes a long way both in business and life.
- Adapt. Go with the flow. Remind yourself that you cannot control it all. You’ll appreciate your own flexibility.
We have the power to control the way we react to every situation and learning to improvise can help guide you through the toughest of times. When’s the last time you had to improvise? Did it help you grow as a leader?
