the resilient leader

The Resilient Leader

Linda K. Bidlack, MA, ACC, CLPC

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The Resilient Leader

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Types of adversity Definition of resilience The leader’s role The problem in your brain Two solutions in your brain

Types of Adversity

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What is Resilience?

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The ability to... Struggle well Be engaged with the world but not troubled

by it Learn and draw meaning from adversity

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We cannot control the wind but we can adjust our sails. Elizabeth Edwards

The Resilient Leader’s Role

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‘…The demanding task of mobilizing people to confront their predicament and solve their most

pressing problems.’Dean Williams, Real Leadership

Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Adaptive vs Technical Challenges Ambiguity Risk Challenging conversations Use of self as instrument Style required in one situation can be disastrous in

another

Resilient Behavior

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1. Stay calm under pressure2. Delay impulsive emotional reactions3. Accurately identify the cause of adversity4. Believe you can solve the problem at hand5. Stay positive yet realistic in outlook6. Read other’s non-verbal clues7. Take on new challenges after recovering

from a setback The Resilience Factor, Reivich & Shatte

Staying calm under pressurePresence

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• Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) • Fires up the edgy, vigilant, irritable self

• Intended to last just 5-60 minutes

• The Para-Sympathetic Nervous System (PNS)• Puts out the fire

The Resilient Leader

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It’s not the hours you work that determine the value you create.

Tony Schwartz, The Energy Project