Adaptability Is a Choice

by Krystal Gail | Aug 24, 2026 | Reflections

Adaptability Week has reminded us that effective leadership requires both conviction and flexibility. We need the conviction to hold onto our values, integrity, purpose, and mission. At the same time, we need the flexibility to reconsider our assumptions, methods,...

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
— Viktor Frankl

by Krystal Gail | Aug 24, 2026 | Reflections

The Courage to Change Ourselves What if the greatest challenge of adapting to change isn’t changing what’s around us—but being willing to change ourselves? Throughout this week, we’ve looked at adaptability from a number of different perspectives....

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
— Eric Hoffer

by Krystal Gail | Aug 24, 2026 | Reflections

Experience Should Inform, Not Imprison Has your wealth of experience ever prevented you from recognizing when it was time to change your approach? Experience is one of our greatest assets. It gives us knowledge, judgment, confidence, and a library of lessons we can...

“Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn’t mean treating everyone alike.”
— John Wooden

by Krystal Gail | Aug 24, 2026 | Reflections

Fair Does Not Mean the Same Have you ever believed that being fair meant treating everyone exactly the same? Fairness and consistency are essential to good leadership. But somewhere along the way, many of us begin to equate consistency with sameness. If people have...

“We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.”
— Jeff Bezos

by Krystal Gail | Aug 24, 2026 | Reflections

Hold Tight to the Mission, Loosely to the Method What are you more committed to—the outcome you’re trying to achieve, or the processes and procedures you’ve established to get there? Strong leaders are often praised for their conviction, and rightly so. We...

“The most dangerous phrase in the language is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’”
— Grace Hopper

by Krystal Gail | Aug 24, 2026 | Reflections

Why Are We Still Doing It This Way? Have you ever questioned why something was being done a certain way only to hear, “Because that’s the way we’ve always done it”? There is tremendous value in experience and tradition. We shouldn’t change something...