Personal Resiliency

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Personal Resiliency

• Linda Kas
• Sr. Manager
• Medtronic Employee Assistance Program

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Resilience

• The ability to spring back or rebound after
  being stretched, bent or compressed.
• Ability to withstand or recover quickly from
  difficult conditions.

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Characteristics of Change Resilient People

• Positive and Self-Confident They tend to have a
  positive view of themselves and confidence in
  their strengths and abilities.
• Flexible They are open to different options
  when faced with adversity.

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• Emotionally Mature They are able to recognize
  how their emotions affect their behavior and have
  the capacity to manage strong feelings and
  impulses.
• Empathetic Resilient people are able to sense
  others feelings and perspectives from both
  verbal and nonverbal cues.

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• Focused and Organized They can determine where
  they are headed and stick to that goal.
• Proactive They work with change rather than
  against it.

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• Able to Reach Out Resilient people are able to
  reach out to others for support in times of
  stress or change.
• Adapted from several sources, including The
  Resilience Factor by K. Reivich A. Shatte, The
  Road to Resilience (a brochure available through
  the American Psychological Association) and The
  University of Minnesota Extension Service website
  on Reactive Versus Proactive Response to
  Change.

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Building Resilience

• Look for opportunities for growth in your
  personal journey.
• Be aware of your frames of reference and seek
  other perspectives.
• Build on your learning from past successful
  change experiences.

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Overcoming Thinking Traps

• 1) Jumping to Conclusions Making assumptions
  without relevant information
• What evidence do I have for what Im thinking?
• Am I mind-readingassuming I know what other
  people are thinking or intend?

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• 2) All or Nothing Thinking Viewing things in
  absolute terms
• Am I being extreme in how I look at this
  situation?
• 3) Tunnel Vision Filtering information so that
  we only see part of the whole picture.
• Am I able to see both the immediate and the
  larger picture?

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• 4) Magnifying Minimizing
• Are you confusing mountains and molehills?
• 5) Personalizing Taking on too much
  responsibility for what is happening.

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• 6) Externalizing Blaming or taking no personal
  responsibility.
• 7) Should Statements Criticizing yourself or
  others based on how you think they should act
  or feel.
• Adapted from Reivich, K., Shatte, A. (2002).
  The Resilience Factor Seven Essential Skills
  for Overcoming Lifes Inevitable Obstacles. New
  York Broadway Books, pp. 121-122.

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Change Resiliency Assessment
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What might you strengthen?

• Communication
• Support
• Work Habits
• Personal Awareness Positive Attitude
• Self Care

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Life is change.Growth is optional.Choose Wisely.

• Karen Kaiser Clark

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In Closing . . .

• Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to
  realize that tomorrows joy is possible only if
  todays makes way for it that each wave owes the
  beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the
  receding one.
• --Andre Gide