Leadership Competencies - Basic

Flexibility

Responds quickly to change and easily considers new approaches.

Is open to new ideas, perspectives, structures, strategies, or positions
Supports new ideas, systems, and procedures
Takes steps to understand reasons for change in environment or tasks
Promptly switches strategies or tactics if the current ones are not working
Maintains work efficiency and responds positively to a changing environment
Responds immediately to changing situations by coming up with creative ideas and actions
Is willing to reconsider even the most strongly held ideas
Operates well in situations when the consequences of decisions and actions are unclear

Expert: Models, leads, trains, and motivates multiple levels of personnel to be excellent in flexibility.
Advanced: Even in the most rapidly changing ambiguous situations, is willing to reconsider strongly held ideas, and maintains work efficiency and responds positively to a changing environment by coming up with creative ideas.
Intermediate: Usually operates well in ambiguous situations, is willing to reconsider strongly held ideas, and maintains work efficiency and responds positively to a changing environment by coming up with creative ideas.
Basic: Sometimes is open to or supports new ideas, takes steps to understand reasons for change in environment or tasks, and promptly switches strategies or tactics if the current ones are not working.
Awareness: Demonstrates common knowledge or understanding of being flexible but; may avoid or miss opportunities to respond quickly to change or consider new approaches.