While chatting with a group of business contacts the other day, one person referred to colleague as a Chameleon, which struck up an unexpected debate. I had always fancied myself a chameleon – in a good way. However, in my friend’s context, the connotation was intended to be negative. “He’s such a Chameleon!”

“Wait a minute,” I said. “There’s an art to being a Chameleon,” I championed for myself and my well-intentioned Chameleon counterparts. “Isn’t being adaptable a skill?”

And so the debate began.

I beg to differ. I think in sales, in business, that being a Chameleon is an art form that very few have mastered. It is a fantastic skill, dare I say, an art. In my book, being a Chameleon doesn’t mean you are indecisive, deceptive or easily influenced. It is quite the opposite. To be a Chameleon, you must be well rounded, possess varied experience and be adaptable to changing situations, people and environments. I would further assert that some of the best business people should be and are Chameleons when the need arises.