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Community of Certified Practitioners Newsletter |
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Touching Lives & Transforming Organizations |
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Issue 01/08, February 2008 |
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For survival’s sake, the peppered moth had to adapt. For success, we humans too need to adapt. For young people who are on the brink of entering the working world, they would certainly benefit from acquiring the life skill of adapting to others - for better working relationships between report and subordinate, peers and/or customers; for effective communication; for developing leadership skills; for enhancing self-esteem.
Today, many would simply quit when they find a less than ideal working environment, thus resulting in a high turnover rate. Life skill education will allow the youths to get along with other people, be able to adjust to their environment and make responsible decisions. |
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Adapt or Abandon
In the old coal-burning days in London, the peppered moth was a speckled brown moth that blended into English tree bark perfectly. Then the environmental movement came along and changed pollution standards. Coal was banned in the city and smokestacks were made taller. Within a decade the trees, once brown from coal smoke, began to take on their natural light colored bark. As the trees lightened, the brown peppered moths stood out against the bark and were easy targets for hungry birds. But lighter moths blended and survived to lay eggs. It’s not hard to imagine that pretty soon all the peppered moths were lighter in color. This is how adaptation works. |
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Objectives of our workshop included:
1. To identify behavioral styles through the use of profiling tools 2. Become more aware of the impact of their behavioral style on others for enhanced and sustained interpersonal and team effectiveness 3. Learn to work from their strengths by identifying their most natural team role, while giving them added appreciation for the contribution of others |