Adaptable
Teamwork and personal rigidity just don’t mix.
If you want to work well with others and be a good team player, you have to be willing to adapt yourself to your team. Team players who exhibit adaptability have certain characteristics.
Adaptable people are:
Teachable: Diana Nyad said, “I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level. I am interested in the unknown, and the only path to the unknown is through breaking barriers.” Adaptable people always place a high priority on breaking new ground.
They are highly teachable.
Emotionally Secure: People who are not emotionally secure see almost everything as a challenge or a threat. They meet, with rigidity or suspicion, the addition of another talented person to the team, an alteration in their position or title, or a change in the way things are done.
But secure people aren’t made nervous by change itself. They evaluate a new situation or a change in their responsibilities based on its merit.
Creative: When difficult times come, creative people find a way. Creativity fosters adaptability.
Service Minded: People who are focused on themselves are less likely to make changes for
the team than people focused on servicing others. If your goal is to serve the team, adapting to accomplish that goal isn’t difficult.
The first key to being a team player is being willing to adapt yourself to the team;
not an expectation that the team will adapt to you.
ARE YOU WILLING TO ADAPT TO YOUR TEAM IN ORDER TO SUCCEED? 
