Expand Your Adaptability for Professionals

Program Summary

Adaptability has been identified as one of the most critical employability skills of the future – but it’s not only necessary at work. As the pace and magnitude of change continue to accelerate, we don't have a choice of whether to adapt or not. But do we think of adaptability as a skill that can be learned? Or even enjoyed?

Drawing on her book Nimble (2019) and her work as an Adaptability Quotient professional global coach, Dr. Rebecca Sutherns will explore behavioural science and lots of stories to help you identify and build practical ways of adapting that suit your skills, temperament, and environment. If we all have to adapt, why not travel our own path of least resistance to get there?  

The conversation will serve as a springboard to help leaders and professionals increase their nimbleness and resilience in the face of ongoing volatility. It will also introduce participants to additional resources to continue their adaptability learning journey.

Audience

This session is for professionals. It is most appropriate for members who are specialists and individual contributors. 

What You Will Learn:

• Why adaptability is a critical but challenging skill for future-ready leaders: Attendees will leave feeling understood and relevant
• Adaptability can be learned, measured and improved.: Attendees will leave feeling that positive change is possible
• Practical tips to create the conditions for adaptability to thrive in ourselves and our teams: Attendees will leave feeling equipped
• How to apply adaptability to creative problem solving: Attendees will leave feeling more resourceful
• Practical strategies for learning more about adaptability, including access to a range of recent resources: Attendees will leave with a deeper toolbox

How You Will Learn: 

• Zoom meeting platform
• Breakout room discussions
• Group discussions
• Third-party engagement tools
• Slides
• Self-reflection

About Your Facilitator

Dr. Rebecca Sutherns is an insightful and high energy collaborative strategist and world class facilitator who has served as a trusted advisor to hundreds of mission-driven organizations, across Canada and internationally. Rebecca brings intellect, enthusiasm, and varied experience in strategy development and adaptability when speaking, writing, and mentoring. She is a skilled communicator, with a particular gift for helping leaders make wiser decisions faster. Rebecca is a Certified Professional Facilitator, frequent keynote speaker, and author of the books Nimble: Off Script but Still On Track. A coaching guide for responsive facilitation, Sightline: Strategic plans that gather momentum not dust, and ELASTIC: Stretch without snapping or snapping back. Learn more at rebeccasutherns.com.

Participant Expectations for the Live Zoom Sessions

1. To attend the full session (late arrivals and early exits are very noticeable and negatively impact the session)
2. To participate using audio and video (we appreciate that there are sometimes technical issues, but please in a space where you can at least use audio. If that doesn’t work for you, please sign up for the recorded version)
3. To actively participate in the breakout room conversations, group activities, and personal reflection exercises
4. Be open and engaged with the content of the session, even if it doesn’t immediately resonate with you. We encourage you to try things out.
5. To be professional, kind, and courteous to fellow participants and practice patience, confidentiality, and inclusivity.

Registration

All live sessions will be held on the Zoom meeting platform. Recorded versions will also be made available if you cannot attend the live event.

Invitations to AAPS members will be emailed at the end of February. The AAPS PD Program is open to AAPS members only and offered at no cost.

1. Expand Your Adaptability for Managers, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10am-12pm
    
2. Expand Your Adaptability for Professionals, Thursday, March 7, 2024, 10am-12pm
    
3. ELASTIC Leadership for Managers, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 10am-12pm
    
4. ELASTIC Leadership for Professionals, Friday, March 15, 2024, 10am-12pm
    
5. Recorded versions of Adaptability and Elastic Leadership (available for streaming 60 days after posting)

About the Series

AAPS is pleased to welcome Rebecca Sutherns to the AAPS PD Program. Rebecca will be offering this two-part series for managers and professionals on adaptability, creativity, and flexibility as team members and leaders. These sessions draw on different tools, bodies of research and approaches to tackle the challenges of life in volatile and demanding contexts. They offer two different pathways to the same destination of becoming better equipped to respond effectively to uncertainty. Join us to be inspired and work on developing critical skills for our modern workplace. Learn more about the second program in the series.