Program One: Overview of Leadership Resilience
Participants will develop a comprehensive understanding of the ‘big picture’ of leadership resilience. Sample topics include:
- Completion of the statistically valid and reliable Leader Resilience Profile ® we developed, which results in the development of a resilience strengths profile of each participant
- The resilience cycle and how to move through it in a healthy way
- Three dimensions of leadership resilience skills: resilience thinking skills, resilience capacity building skills, and resilience action skills
- The connection between leadership resilience and organizational resilience
Program Two: In Depth Examination of Resilience Thinking Skills
Participants will learn how to apply the thinking skills of a realistic optimist. Sample topics include:
- How to effectively deal with the very real presence of ambiguity and complexity inherent in organizational life
- How to find ways to act affirmatively to have a positive influence in making good things happen in a bad situation
- How to focus your energy on the opportunities, not the obstacles, found in the midst of adversity
- How to shift your thinking from ‘if only’ thinking to ‘how can I’ thinking when faced with tough times
Program Three: In Depth Examination of Resilience Capacity Building Skills
Participants will learn how to build additional resilience capacity in four areas: personal values, personal efficacy, personal well-being, and personal support base. Sample topics include:
- How to consistently align your leadership actions with what matters most to you among competing values
- How to build on your experiences with adversity to gain greater resilience capacity when adversity happens again
- How to build the resources of a strong support base to help you through the tough times
- How to protect the necessary time and space to replenish your capacity to lead an emotionally, physically, and spiritually rich life
Program Four: In Depth Examination of Resilience Action Skills
Participants will learn how to strengthen their leadership skills of adaptability, perseverance, courage, and personal accountability. A simulation of a real-life situation will be used to gain experience in leading in the heat of a crisis. Sample topics include:
- How to stay focused on what matters most among competing demands and distractions until success is attained
- How to make principled decisions when faced with tremendous pressure by outside forces
- How to take personal responsibility for making tough decisions that may negatively affect some individuals or groups
- How to put leadership mistakes in perspective and move beyond them
Dr. Diane Reed
Director and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Workshop Leader
A former superintendent in New York, is nationally recognized for her research on resilience, particularly the resilience of women leaders. Dr. Reed has a rich history of leadership involvement with AASA Governance. She is co-author of the Leader Resilience Profile ®.