How often do you get stuck, dwell on an issue, and resist a new opportunity? Here are five suggestions to be more resilient by taking a holistic view, setting goals, and connecting with others to find creative approaches to stressful situations.

1. 5 Steps to Being More Resilient
Leadership Strategies
with Hilary Potts

2. The Importance of
Being Resilient

3. Being Resilient Allows Us To…
• Be flexible and agile
• Take a holistic view to find creative
solutions in stressful situations
• Move through obstacles with ease
• Maintain our energy level
• Consciously choose how we show up

4. What Gets in
Our Way?

5. CHALLENGE #1
We dwell on problems

6. CHALLENGE #2
We can’t see a way forward

7. CHALLENGE #3
We resist the changes

8. 5 Steps to Being
More Resilient

9. 1.Set Realistic Goals & Plans

10. Set Realistic Goals
• Visualize the achievement of your goal. By creating a compelling
goal that you can see will energize and motivate you to take action.
• Develop specific, measurable goals that have meaning for yourself
and others.
• Create a plan, then, break up actions into smaller tasks. When
actions are too large or vague, there is a tendency to put them off
until later.

11. 2. Be Willing to Learn

12. Be Willing to Learn
• Look at the situation with fresh eyes. Even if you know the
business, keep your biases in check.
• Watch that your language and actions can create a learning
environment.
• Gather as much information as you can from different perspectives.

13. 3. Practice Intentional Leadership

14. Practice Intentional Leadership
• Take a holistic view of the situation. It’s easy to get enamored with
one perspective. See all sides of the issue.
• Know when to move fast and when to slow down and take the
pause to make conscious well-thought-out decisions.
• Act versus react. Lead with meaning and purpose with the purpose
to help others perform at their best.

15. 4. Create Trusting Relationships

16. Create Trusting Relationships
• People are a key asset in making things happen. Accelerate
relationship development by focusing on others vs. your agenda.
• Be open to discussions. Seek to understand and build rapport with
a wide range of constituents.
• Prepare for conversations. Anticipate reactions so you can resolve
differences and find common ground.

17. 5. Create a Sense of Balance

18. Create a Sense of Balance
• It’s not enough to be intellectually smart, be emotionally intelligent
to manage the emotional, mental, and physical aspects of
challenges.
• Develop daily healthy habits to stay at peak performance.
• Take time to reflect, think, and put your experiences in perspective.

19. For Additional Leadership Strategies
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Download the
Leader Change Toolkit
Now…

20. Inside the Toolkit You’ll Find…
www.HilaryPotts.com/Resources.html
• Use the 5 Keys to Leading Change
• Navigate the Changes Using a Leader Change Roadmap
• Five Change Leader Behaviors You Need to Know to
Lead Your Next Strategic Initiative

21. For more information contact:
Hilary Potts
The HAP Group
www.hilarypotts.com
info@hapgrp.com
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