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Thrive

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Thrive

The Power of Resilience

Watkins Books,

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Do you have the traits of a resilient person? Learn to build personal resilience and lead more resilient teams.

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Many companies name “resilience” as a core value, but their leaders and workers lack the traits associated with resilience. With anxiety disorders sharply on the rise, explains best-selling author Richard Sutton, leaders must work to create psychologically safe workplaces, building cultures rooted in values such as trust, dignity and respect to bolster resilience among team members. Gain insights from the latest neuroscience research about practical steps you can take to support brain health and boost your resilience as a leader, while helping others in doing the same.

Summary

Resilience requires more than “grit.”  Develop adaptability and a “growth mindset.”

People began using the word “resilience” a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does being resilient actually entail? The Oxford English Dictionary defines resilience as the “capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” While straightforward, this definition doesn’t fully encapsulate the resilience teams and individuals need to thrive today. “Recovering” from challenges is important, but it’s backward-looking. You must also feel prepared to weather any future storms life throws your way. Viewing resilience as mental toughness, or “grit,” is also shortsighted. Developing long-term resilience requires adaptability. You can’t succeed by holding fast to behaviors that may have helped in past times but no longer work in your new context.

Thus, a better definition of resilience is the capacity to embrace change and navigate stressful or challenging situations in “real time.” Take inspiration from professional athletes: Olympic champions view pressure as “a privilege...

About the Author

Richard Sutton is the CEO of The Performance Code and the founder of Sutton Health – a global consultancy focusing on business health and performance.He is the best-selling author of The Stress Code: From Surviving to Thriving.

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