the resilient leader
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Linda Bidlack of Linda K. Bidlack Coachin & Consulting, presented at Expo 2012. Her interactive session taught the important leadership skills and identified levels of resilience in leaders.TRANSCRIPT
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