Building Resiliency

Facilitated by Lee Riddell, Director, SUNY Leadership Institute

WELCOME!

What is Resiliency?

• Provides the ability to recover quickly from change, hardship, or misfortune

• Demonstrate flexibility, durability, an attitude of optimism, and openness to learn

Developing Resiliency

Requires that you pay attention to:

• The complexities of your experiences

• Listen to your emotions

• Be willing to learn from disappointment as well as success

How to Thrive in Times of Change

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”

Lao Tzuphilosopher of ancient China, Tao Te Ching

author

Tiny Stories of Ordinary Resistance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujvCEDwfTX0

What is My Degree of Resiliency?

You have 5 minutes

Complete the resiliency worksheetReflect on your tiny storyHow does this new knowledge enlighten your story?Journal about this

Share Your Tiny Stories

You have 5 minutes

• Share with one other person• How do you deal with change using the questions

on the resiliency worksheet as a guide?• Use an example

Experiment, Reflect, Learn, Adjust, and Share

• View the 20 images alone and in quiet surroundings• Think about your tiny story• Record any responses to specific images – whether

they draw you in or repel you

Group Discussion What are our Responses to Change?

You have 20 minutes• As a group, discuss the images• Feel free to describe both what drew you in and what

drew you away from the images• Identify key reflections, ideas, understandings or insights

of the group• As a group, identify the image that conveys an aspect of

building resilience to change• On flipchart, note image and insights

Exploring Greatness Together

Co-creating more profound solutions

As a group, staying with the colleagues at your table, walk around and explore other tables’ insights on their flipcharts.

Add your comments and ideas to their charts.

Thoughts and Actions

• Acceptance of Change• Continuous Learning• Self Empowerment• Sense of Purpose• Personal Identity• Personal and Professional Networks• Reflection• Skill Shifting• Self Worth – Relationship to Money

Journey