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Ultra Adaptability and flexibility are high on the list of soft skills desired by most companies when hiring new employees. When she was CEO and chairperson of Xerox, Anne Mulcahy was asked whether she looked for certain qualities in a job candidate more than she had several years before. Her response was as follows: Adaptability and flexibility. One of the things that is mind-boggling right now is how much we have to change all the time. For anybody who's into comfort and structure, it gets harder and harder to feel satisfied in the company. It's almost like you have to embrace a lot of ambiguity and be adaptable and not get into the rigidness or expectation-setting that I think there used to be ten years O 1 earch Annotatio iliaty think there used to be ten years ago, when you could kind of plot it out and define where you were going to go. I think it's a lot more fluid right now. It has to be. The people who really do the best are those who actually sense it, enjoy it almost, that lack of definition around their roles and what they can contribute.* Adaptability and flexibility are often thought of as being the same, but actually they are different. Adaptability is the ability to adjust to a changed situation or environment. Flexibility is the ability to make changes quickly to meet a special individual or business need, such as changing your schedule to handle an important company issue that arises unexpectedly. From a managerial perspective, two things are clear: 10.- Volatic Ivui i. Honestly evaluate yourself on how adaptable and flexible you are. Do you resist change, grudgingly accept it, or embrace it? Do you view changed situations as problems or as different situations that may present opportunities? 2. Ask peers and your managers how they rate you on adaptability and flexibility. 3. List five tasks you do routinely. For each task, make notes on how you could improve the way you do it or be more productive in completing it. 4. Make a commitment to do something new every week, such as spend time or work with a person from a different culture or with someone who has very different views than you do. 5. Volunteer to take on a new responsibility