...about the latest conference on Positive Psychology. This new field focuses on flourishing grounded in a sense of meaning and purpose. Purpose has a major influence on our hardiness and resilience. This was the basis of psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s classic bestseller, Man’s Search for Meaning. The book described how he...
Read post »...It all depends on how we frame the reality of our situation. Wallowers accentuate the negative and P themselves by making the setback permanent, pervasive, and personal. Bounce-back and resilience are vital to getting through tough times. Leading means stepping up to rise above difficult challenges. To lead is to...
Read post »...ways to prepare for the predictable chaotic and turbulent times ahead: Bounce Back: 9 Ways to Strengthen Resilience Leading the Way: 13 Approaches to Navigate Through the Storm How the Pandemic Could Positively Reboot and Re-energize Our Organizations Changing Our World: 5 Steps for Coming Out of Our Crisis Lead...
Read post »...in turbulent times. One section from this webinar is focusing on self-leadership with 9 ways to strengthen resilience. This is followed by suggestions for leading others with 13 ways to navigate through our stormy seas of disruptive change. Our May issue wraps up with a look at that vital component...
Read post »...and key thoughts from Neil Pasricha’s new book just out this month. Neil gets to the heart of personal resilience. He shows how we can step back and focus on the bigger picture during difficult changes or tough times. Carving out the time to cut through the chaos and anchoring...
Read post »...when faced with difficult changes. The new science of positive psychology shows how to deal with challenging changes. Hardiness and resilience can be developed and strengthened. Strong leaders practice upward leadership to manage their manager. We can soar or sink on the winds of constant change depending on our approach....
Read post »...lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” Are you and your leadership team leading, following, or wallowing? Further Reading or Viewing: Webinar on BOLD Leadership “Change Choices: Creating Our Own Reality“ “Building Our Resilience in...
Read post »...up to 80 percent of the unlucky to reverse their fortunes and attract good luck. His four principles involve key elements of leading: engage others in conversations and social interaction; listen to your intuition and trust hunches; develop positive expectations about the future; and strengthen resilience and persistence to eventually...
Read post »...is to find opportunities for ongoing connection with those we care about and those who care about us. This connection strengthens the bonds between us. It builds an emotional resilience within and between us that, in turn, builds mutuality and reciprocity. We begin to open ourselves up to receive and...
Read post »...Use good judgement 8. Display personal resilience 9. Give honest feedback The good news is you don’t have to be superhuman and great at all of the nine behaviors. As I outlined in “Exceptional Leaders Aren’t Well Rounded“, our research shows that developing a few of these areas into towering...
Read post »...to its sub-title and deals with one dimension of our emotional health and well being. On the other hand, it is an entertaining summary of happiness research and applications. And its seven principles are well proven methods for dealing with life’s setbacks, navigating difficult change, building resilience, and increasing optimism...
Read post »...increase discipline, respond with creativity, and heighten productive paranoia. Resilience, not luck, is the signature of greatness.” “…it’s what you do before the storm comes that most determines how well you’ll do when the storm comes. Those who fail to plan and prepare for instability, disruption, and chaos in advance...
Read post »...a few keys to building flexibility and resilience: • Increase shared leadership throughout your entire organization around the critical concept that “leadership is action, not position.” • Provide practical approaches and shared language to improve morale, increase engagement, and boost energy by constantly discussing with all staff at all levels...
Read post »...positive-psychology movement has made hope discussable in new ways. Hope has been shown to be the key ingredient of resilience in survivors of traumas ranging from prison camps to natural disasters. Many studies have shown that people who score higher on measures of hope also cope better with injuries, diseases,...
Read post »...University of Pennsylvania, US. He is author of Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth’s Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis. In an article, he expands on these five reasons for climate hope: Earth’s climate displays some degree of resilience. Rumors of our doom are much exaggerated. The...
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