Resilience

🤔 How do you bounce back from setbacks?

💯 Leading an organisation or team is a journey filled with setbacks, failures & rejections, as well as successes.

💯 Resilience is your ability to overcome those setbacks and succeed despite the rejections.

💯 This is so important in all walks of life - from sales people coping with lost deals - to young talent experiencing rejections to job applications.

Setbacks cause a downward spiral of feelings, thoughts and actions:

😬 We feel panic, anxiety, anger, fear or a loss of confidence.

😰 We become distracted and unable to focus. 

😨 We aren't able to prioritise, plan or execute effectively.

Resilient people 'stop' this downward spiral quickly and bounce back.

Here's a few techniques that were highlighted by a group of sales leaders I'm working with this week:

🎯 1️⃣ Expect Setbacks: role-play difficult situations and outcomes, so that when they happen you are not surprised and know what to do.

🎯 2️⃣ Pause and step away: take a break, go outside, give yourself time to calm down and gain perspective - mindfulness and exercise are often used.

🎯 3️⃣ Reframe: Resilience and growth only comes from being given the chance to work through difficult situations - embrace it as an opportunity.

🎯 4️⃣ Deeper Purpose: if you are deeply committed and motivated to do what you are doing you will find the energy and perseverance to keep going.

🎯 5️⃣ Be comfortable being uncomfortable: Step out of your comfort zone and embrace challenging situations where you might get things wrong.

👉 If you want to build the mental resilience of your team to help their performance please get in contact to explore bespoke programmes for your organisation.

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