RESILIENCE
FOR LEADERS
BY LIGGY WEBB
Leading individuals and teams is indeed a challenging role which requires a range of essential behavioural skills. There is certainly a strong recognition that leaders within organisations need to be equipped to be able to deal with some of the challenges and relentless change that they will inevitably have to deal with.
If you lack resilience you may become overwhelmed by these experiences and simply fall apart. Taking some time to invest in building your resilience is a valuable investment to help you to be a stronger and more effective leader. To give you something tangible to work on in order to develop your own resilience, I have outlined ten key personal strategies that will help you.
My Ten Top Tips for Building Personal Resilience:
1. Take a journey of self discovery
Self-awareness and self confidence play an essential role in helping you to cope with stress and recover from difficult events. Understanding yourself is the first port of call and then reminding yourself of your strengths and accomplishments is key.
2. See the glass half full
Staying positive during dark periods can be difficult and it is important to maintain a hopeful outlook. Being an optimist does not mean being naive and ignoring the problem, it means understanding that setbacks are transient and that you have the skills and abilities to combat the challenges you face.
3. Take emotional control
Being emotionally aware and recognising how you can potentially react in certain situations will help you to take more self-control. It will also help you to be more considerate with regards to how your reaction can affect other people.
4. Change for the better
Being positive about change is a really good approach. You may not be able to control or change circumstances; however, you can absolutely change your attitude towards them so you are far more in control than you think. Flexibility is an essential part of being able to manage change and, by learning how to be more
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Leadership
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