VITAL SKILLS FOR ULTIMATE LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
Leadership Resilience
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RESILIENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE
Resilience is primarily a function of self-regulation, the 3rd neural motivation system
- Resilience is the most easily influenced part of motivation.
- Resilience requires countering the motivation system’s biases.
- Effective coping strategies can be designed and implemented before a crisis arises
- Leadership resilience is not a sign of strength – it is a sign of skill, focus and self-management
- Resilience, at every level, is heavily influenced by personal and situational influences
The neuroscience of resilience can easily be leveraged for better experiences and outcomes.
Leadership resilience is also affected by personal factors including health, intelligence, values and situational influences
Core attributes
There are 2 dimensions to Leadership Resilience. Both are necessary for optimal experiences and outcomes
EMOTIONAL
The motivation and inner drive for sustaining positive energy despite upsets, setbacks and disappointments
PRACTICAL
The choices and actions that enable superior decision making and effort when the pressure is highest
OPTIMISE OUTCOMES
Leadership Resilience is essential for fast-changing environments.
- Enhance adaptability, responsiveness and outcomes.
- Improve mental and physical health, wellbeing and sustainability.
- Unleash new levels of team and personal capacity and achievement
- Increase appetite for challenges and responsibility
- Outperform competitors.
ASSESSMENT
Predict leadership resilience through the use of skills and habits that underpin it.
- PREDICT capacity for leadership resilience through current habits and skills
- EXPLORE problem solving preferences
- COMPARE areas of strength and weakness
- REVEAL perceived versus likely actual levels of leadership resilience
- PLAN career and personal development pathways
Important information for hiring and professional development choices
TRAINING
Become adept at the knowledge and skills that optimise resilience in a leadership role.
- The foundations for superior resilience in a leadership role
- The skills to solve problems most effectively when the pressure is highest
- The habits that support personal wellbeing through times of difficulty
- How to plan resilience-enhancement into projects and roles from the outset
- How to keep going when others give up
Well-developed skills in coping and optimising are crucial for any current or aspiring leader
