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What’s the Adaptability Quotient and Why is it Important?
Step aside IQ and EQ; there’s a new quotient in town.
For years, it’s been believed that one’s intelligence quotient (IQ) is the sole predictor of one’s success in life, but it turns out this couldn’t be further from the truth.
In fact, according to Amin Toufani, beyond the first two years of the job, IQ isn’t a predictor of success.
And this isn’t the only research to show IQs’ limited correlation to employee success; other articles such as Does IQ Really Predict Job Performance? By Ken Richardson and Sarah H. Norgate also warn about the consequences of assuming IQ can accurately predict employee performance.
After years of similar findings, IQ was all but thrown out the window and quickly replaced by the new and improved quotient, emotional intelligence (EQ).
EQ is defined as a person’s ability to understand people and work cooperatively with others.
Finally, there was a way to equate for the “people side” of business, and EQ became particularly useful in guiding leadership and employee development in the workplace.
While EQ boomed in the 90s and 2000s, it still missed the mark in understanding what made some employees more successful in their jobs than others.
Enter adaptability quotient (AQ), the way of the future.
While IQ and EQ are still important factors of employee growth, they don’t act as an accurate indicator of overall performance—especially in today’s exponential economy.
As technology continues to redefine the way we work faster than we could ever imagine, the skills we need to succeed in today’s job market continue to evolve at an equally accelerated rate.
In this fast-paced world, it’s no longer enough to assume that the professional skills you learnt at the beginning of your career will last you well throughout your entire career.
Instead, professional skills will become obsolete faster than ever before, and employees must continuously develop their work competencies.
As a result, our AQ will soon become a primary predictor of career success, and that’s why we need to start talking about it NOW.
AQ will soon become a primary predictor of career success.”
In this article, I discuss what AQ is and why it matters to you. You will learn why AQ is important for individuals, teams, and within your startup’s business strategy.
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