Reflection Questions:

• In your own words: how do you define resilience and why is it crucial in your work?

• Think about a time when you were overwhelmed. What are your (unproductive) default patterns when confronting overwhelming stressors from your work (power through, control, despair, cynicism, …) - and what is the impact?

• What mindsets, strategies, resources help you to manage the pressures of your work?

Further Resources

• When Your Job Is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More - Timothy O’Brien

• Allies vs. Confidants: Keep Confidants and Don’t Confuse Them with Allies - Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky

• On The Balcony Podcast

  • Episode 2 - The Power of Adaptive Leadership with Mitzi Johnson (Vermont Speaker of the House)

  • Episode 7 - The Adaptive Challenge of Managing Growth with Jevan Soo Lenox (Aspen First Mover)

  • Episode 9 & Episode 10 - Leadership as a Dangerous Activity with George A. Papandreou