A few weeks ago some of us were discussing the traits needed to execute certain positions within our company. Words like organized, forward thinking, leadership were being thrown around. One of the other traits we discussed was the element of people being able to handle high-pressure situations. The word I came up with was unflappable. I like it: it's not just about handling the high pressure situations, it's about handling the situations with grace and calmness that can keep your team from jumping off a ledge every time a client says jump.
Thankfully she had the tact to bypass image #2, which, of course, I didn't, and had to send back to her so she could see the "other" definition of the word "unflappable:"
While people liked my word "unflappable," we determined it was too lofty of a standard, and instead settled on "calm under pressure."
One of my friends had done an image search on Google for unflappable and came up with the following image, which is when we decided it was too high of a standard:
Thankfully she had the tact to bypass image #2, which, of course, I didn't, and had to send back to her so she could see the "other" definition of the word "unflappable:"
By the way, that is Sean Connery, in case you were wondering.
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