Cultivating Your Resilience

6/24/21Leadership Lab 2021

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that the land that The Ohio State University occupies is the ancestral and contemporary territory of the Shawnee, Potawatomi, Delaware, Miami, Peoria, Seneca,

Wyandotte, Ojibwe and Cherokee peoples. Specifically, the university resides on land ceded in the 1795 Treaty of

Greeneville and the forced removal of tribes through the Indian Removal Act of 1830. We want to honor the resiliency of these tribal nations and recognize the historical contexts that has and

continues to affect the Indigenous peoples of this land.

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Land Acknowledgement

What is a Land Acknowledgment?A Land Acknowledgement is a formal statement that recognizes and respects Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.

Why do we recognize the land?To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory you reside on, and a way of honoring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. It is important to understand the long standing history that has brought you to reside on the land, and to seek to understand your place within that history. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation. It is also worth noting that acknowledging the land is Indigenous protocol.Source: http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland

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Agenda for Today

• Introductions• What is Resilience• Personal Values• Resilience Research• Flow States• Resilient Communities • Wrap Up• Questions

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Thanks to LeaderShape for much of today’s content

Let’s Start with Some Basics

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What is Resilience

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“The capacity of a system, enterprise, or person to maintain its core purpose and integrity in the face of

dramatically changed circumstances.”Why Things Bounce Back by Zolli & Healy

What is Resilience

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What is your definition of resilience?

Why is resilience an important concept for you to learn about right now?

What metaphors or examples illustrate your definition of leadership?

How might resilience be useful in your professional practice?

Values

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What are values?

"A person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life"

A perceptual filter that shapes decisions and behaviors...

• Motivate behavior• Standards to justify actions• Acquired through experience• Provide direction for one's life

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The impact and importance of values

Living in alignment with your values can…

• Result in higher task engagement• Help you make decisions • Understand how you and your colleagues are

approaching work challenges • Give you something to fall back in the face of

changing circumstances

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An Important Caveat

Values are extremely contextual to different cultures, identity groups, and backgrounds

You may have the same values as someone and still perceive the world or behavior very differently

This is meant to be a language for you to understand yourself and others better

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go.osu.edu/Values

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In breakout rooms

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What do I feel about the values I ended up with? Were they expected or did they surprise me?

Where do I think these values might have come from? (e.g., family, work, major life experiences, identity, background)

How do you get to use your values in your work

What is the connection between understanding your own values and resilience?

What Does Research Tell Us?

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What is Resilience

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• An ability to recover from or adjust to misfortunate or change. Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• Response between internal temperament and external experience.

• Measured by how our brains, immune systems and genes all respond to stressful experiences.

Flow States

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Flow States

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What stressors are you experiencing right now?

Which flow state activities do you enjoy?

How often do you make time for this activity? How often should you make time for this

activity?

How are your stress levels during a flow activity? How much control do you feel?

Resilient Communities

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Skills of Resilient Communities

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Ability to handle the struggle of the current moment with response rather

than reaction

Ability to learn/grow during struggle

Ability to be disciplined in consistently practicing what builds resilience

Mapping Your Own Resilient Community

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Family• Mom & Dad, Andy, Johnny• Grandma Susie, Nana• Keith, Drema• Shukri• Ashley• Tawny• Jacob, Tessa• Marissa, Aaron• Kevin, Joe, Pat

Colleagues• David• Sherif• Garett• Dr. Mphande• Anna• Amy• SWC team• Rec Sports team

Worthington Friends• Jack• Casey• AJ• Pope• Kristen• Franny• Carrie• Whitney

Ohio State Friends• Ty• Bryan• Sam• Mike• Rachel• Julie• Sarah• Amanda

Mapping Your Own Resilient Community

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In breakout rooms

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As you consider these people, what are moments when you’ve needed their help?

What are times when you’ve been the one to offer help?

What has the co-creation of resilience looked like with them?

When you are faced with a challenging circumstance, do you seek the counsel of any of the people listed above? Why or why not? If

not, do you think that mutual relationships would have provided you the resilience you need?

Wrapping Up

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Wrap Up

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“Stat where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Arthur Ashe

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What Questions Do You Have?

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Thank You! Want to continue the conversation?

Brendan Greisberger greisberger.5@osu.eduAnna Wagner wagner.1476@osu.edu

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