Resilience

This document contains stories of people being resilient and of failing to be resilient. (The titles next to people’s names are their titles at the time the story occurred and may not be their title currently.) Discussing diverse situations in which people failed or succeeded to live up to their values often helps people to recognize and act on other opportunities when they arise. By discussing these stories in meetings, on teams, over internet or intranet forums, or in classrooms, groups can come up with ideas for leading with exceptional resilience, learn each other’s perspectives, work through disagreements, and generate ideas.

As a leader, how can you inspire resilience within your team? Bring your team together to talk about their concerns, work through the challenges, and strengthen resilience for the future. The discussion questions for each of the five Resilience Principles (Perspective, Purpose, Perseverance, Partnership, Praise) will guide you in holding these conversations. Team members need to feel that they’re not alone and trust that together, you can make it through the chaos. You, as their leader, are key to building a team that is Resilience Ready.

As a leader, how can you inspire resilience within your team? Bring your team together to talk about their concerns, work through the challenges, and strengthen resilience for the future. The discussion questions for each of the five Resilience Principles (Perspective, Purpose, Perseverance, Partnership, Praise) will guide you in holding these conversations. Team members need to feel that they’re not alone and trust that together, you can make it through the chaos. You, as their leader, are key to building a team that is Resilience Ready.

As a leader, how can you inspire resilience within your team? Bring your team together to talk about their concerns, work through the challenges, and strengthen resilience for the future. The discussion questions for each of the five Resilience Principles (Perspective, Purpose, Perseverance, Partnership, Praise) will guide you in holding these conversations. Team members need to feel that they’re not alone and trust that together, you can make it through the chaos. You, as their leader, are key to building a team that is Resilience Ready.

As a leader, how can you inspire resilience within your team? Bring your team together to talk about their concerns, work through the challenges, and strengthen resilience for the future. The discussion questions for each of the five Resilience Principles (Perspective, Purpose, Perseverance, Partnership, Praise) will guide you in holding these conversations. Team members need to feel that they’re not alone and trust that together, you can make it through the chaos. You, as their leader, are key to building a team that is Resilience Ready.

As a leader, how can you inspire resilience within your team? Bring your team together to talk about their concerns, work through the challenges, and strengthen resilience for the future. The discussion questions for each of the five Resilience Principles (Perspective, Purpose, Perseverance, Partnership, Praise) will guide you in holding these conversations. Team members need to feel that they’re not alone and trust that together, you can make it through the chaos. You, as their leader, are key to building a team that is Resilience Ready.

Your values system is the set of beliefs, principles, or standards around which you align your life, both personally and professionally. Values develop over the course of your life and are influenced by the meaning you derive from your personal experiences and from observing the people and environment around you. Core values define what is most important to you and help you set priorities for your life. They influence your thought patterns and actions and represent characteristics by which you want to be known. They influence your worldview and how you respond in stressful and challenging time.

This tool will help you answer the following questions when faced with adversity:

• How are we being called to serve?
• What outcomes and future state are we working toward?
• How can we emerge from this adversity even stronger?

The CRISP communication model, explored in the third and fourth Resilience Ready Principles, Perseverance and Partnership, is ideal for communicating with transparency and for building trust. This resource provides an overview of the model and reflective listening exercises for communication skill development. This can be implemented as an individual or team activity.

Forbes Coaches Council:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2016/09/01/five-steps-to-keep-your-communications-crisp/?sh=13c3b7816d02

The Resilience Ready principles and practices offer a framework for rebuilding your reservoir of resilience so that you can adjust to—and purposefully deal with—challenges as presented through a given crisis. Each of the Resilience Ready Principles offers a series of steps, represented in the second tier of this graphic, that guide you in building your resilience.

There are actually five stages to how we all respond to crises. And understanding them will help you be more effective at managing your own actions and leading others.

Resilience Ready is the leader’s guide to thriving through unrelenting adversity, uncertainty, and change. Your toolkit includes the five ResilienceReady™ principles with lessons learned from real stories of resilience. You will have access to tips, best practices and resources to guide you in how to build your personal resilience and how to lead with the resilience your team needs so that stronger, more humane leaders and organizations emerge.