Presentation by Tony Okotie, Chief Executive of LCVS

1. Personal Resilience in
Difficult times
Tony Okotie

2. In the next hour….
• What is personal resilience?
• Why is it important now?
• How do we build it?

3. What is personal resilience?

4. What is personal resilience?
• The ability to…
• perform effectively under pressure
• Bounce back from difficult circumstances
• Manage our overall health & wellbeing
• Understand how to achieve optimum
performance

5. On a scale of 1 to 10, how resilient
do you feel?
10 = Extremely resilient
1 = About to break!

6. Why is it important now?

7. Why is it important now?
• The world is increasingly VUCA:
– Volatile
– Uncertain
– Complex
– Ambiguous
• Pace of change increasing
• Current economic climate
• Greater expectations – more for less
• Technology
• Stress & burn out on the increase
• Effectiveness of ‘training’
• Resilient organisations are made up of resilient individuals

8. So how do we build resilience?

9. What do you observe about yourself
when you are resilient?
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10. What happens the rest
of the time?

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12. Internalizing success / externalizing failure
• Resilient people are better at internalizing their
successes. This is to say that they attribute
positive outcomes to their own input.
– “This project went well because of all the hard work
that I did.”
• Resilient people also tend to be better at
externalizing failure – they attribute negative
outcomes to external sources.
– “This project failed because the economy collapsed
just as we were getting some traction.”

13. Strong relationships
• Resilient people are much more likely to have
a close circle of strong relationships – bonds
that are based in high trust and frequent
communication.
• In the work environment, this translates into
strong relationships among team members,
and can be a challenge in situations where
teams are quickly formed and disbanded as
projects are completed.

14. PERSONAL
RESILIENCE
Alignment to
the workplace
Personal
mission
Social
involvement
Physical
wellbeing
Problem
solving skills
Emotional
management
Concentration
and focus

15. Build mental toughness
• The ability to train your mind to perform
regardless of the circumstances in which you
find yourself.
• The power of habits can provide a
tremendously useful platform for mental
toughness
– use habit to train your mind to act in a certain way
despite disruptions and unexpected challenge.

16. Build mental toughness
1. Build identity
2. Focus on small behaviours, not life changing
events
3. Develop a routine that will overcome low
motivation
4. Stick to the schedule, forget the results
5. After a slip, get back on the horse

17. 10 steps
1. (Re)find your sense of purpose
2. Develop your problem-solving strategies
3. Be self-aware
4. Keep on learning
5. Embrace change
6. Understand what you can control
7. Enjoy yourself
8. Get enough sleep – look after your body
9. Manage your emotions
10. Build support networks

18. Work out what works for you
• Plus….
• Performance Coach (sometimes!)
• Professional peer network
• Memories - positive feedback