I recently finished reading 360-degree Leader and I couldn’t help but share this as is. It is talking about one of the quality that a leader in middle management needs to have.

Adaptability – Quickly Adjusts to Change

People from the middle down are never the first to know anything in an organisation. They are usually not the decision makers or policy writers. As a result, they must learn to adapt quickly.

When it comes to leading in the middle, the more quickly you can adapt to change, the better it will be for the organisation. Here’s why. All organisations contain early, middle, and late adapters. The early adapters are won over by new ideas quickly, and they are ready to run with them. Middle adapters take more time. And then the late adapters slowly (and sometimes reluctantly) accept change.

Since you, as a leader in the middle, are going to be asked to help the people who follow you to accept the change, you need to process change quickly – the quicker the better. That may mean there will be times when you must embrace a change before you are even ready to do so emotionally. In such cases, the key is you ability to trust your leaders. If you can trust them, you will be able to do it. Just keep reminding yourself, Blessed are the flexible, for they will not be bent out of shape.

Need I say more? So if he is bending you out of shape, then you know what you need to do.

Happy bending!