Developing Resilience

Within tech, things change constantly. Technologies change, companies change, priorities change - in most roles, you need to learn how to adapt and roll with whatever comes your way. Things will always be in flux, and a key skill is learning how to deal with change and become more resilient to it.

Especially with the current state of the industry, it’s become even more important to build your own resilience and learn to become more adaptable. We need to be aware of our own emotions, reactions and behaviours, understand how we can be more resilient to change and how to help build that resilience in the people we manage.

This talk will examine the psychology behind emotions and resilience, how to recognise and evaluate your own state, and how to come up with techniques to help deal with the hardest stuff.

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1. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE RESILIENCE MELINDA SECKINGTON DEVELOPING
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7. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE MELINDA SECKINGTON LEARN BUILD SHARE seckington.com
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12. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM WHAT IS RESILIENCE?
13. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM resilience noun [rɪˈzɪlɪəns] 1. the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from dif fi culties; toughness 2. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity
14. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM RESILIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK
15. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM RESILIENCE IS ABOUT OUR INTERNAL RESPONSES
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18. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM RESILIENCE IS A SKILL WE NEED TO DEVELOP
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20. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM EMOTIONAL AGILITY
21. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM IMPROVING YOUR RESILIENCE DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AGILITY REFRAMING RESILIENCE MYTHS
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23. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Myth 1: Resilience is not a fi xed trait
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25. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Myth 2: Resilience is not built up
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29. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Myth 3: Engineers don’t need to care about emotions
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32. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE EMOTIONS THOUGHTS ACTIONS
33. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE EMOTIONS THOUGHTS ACTIONS
34. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Myth 4: Resilience only applies to big challenges
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36. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM IMPROVING YOUR RESILIENCE DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AGILITY Myth 2: Resilience is not built up Myth 3: Engineers don’t need to care about emotions Myth 1: Resilience is not a fi xed trait Myth 4: Resilience only applies to big challenges
37. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM IMPROVING YOUR RESILIENCE DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AGILITY REFRAMING RESILIENCE MYTHS
38. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE WHAT IS EMOTIONAL AGILITY?
39. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE “Emotional agility means being aware and accepting of all your emotions, even learning from the most dif fi cult ones.” Susan David - Emotional Agility
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41. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search for Meaning
42. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Step 1: Understand your default behaviours
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47. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE WHAT IS YOUR DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR?
48. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Recognise your emotions Step 2:
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50. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Emotions wheel
51. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS EMOTION?
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53. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Decouple “you” from the emotion Step 3:
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55. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE MINDLESSNESS MINDFULNESS
56. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE FRAME IT AS: “I AM FEELING…”
57. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Manage your response Step 4:
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63. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM IMPROVING YOUR RESILIENCE REFRAMING RESILIENCE MYTHS Step 2: Recognise your emotions Step 3: Decouple “you” from the emotions Step 1: Understand your default behaviours Step 4: Manage your response
64. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM IMPROVING YOUR RESILIENCE DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AGILITY REFRAMING RESILIENCE MYTHS
65. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Value 1: Embrace uncertainty
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67. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE WHAT IS IN YOUR CONTROL?
68. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Apply a growth mindset Value 2:
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70. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Understand what you care about Value 3:
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72. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE Encourage self- compassion Value 4:
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74. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AGILITY REFRAMING RESILIENCE MYTHS Value 2: Apply a growth mindset Value 3: Understand what you care about Value 1: Embrace uncertainty Value 4: Encourage self-compassion
75. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM IMPROVING YOUR RESILIENCE DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL AGILITY REFRAMING RESILIENCE MYTHS
76. LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM Value 2: Apply a growth mindset Value 3: Understand what you care about Value 1: Embrace uncertainty Myth 2: Resilience is not built up Myth 3: Engineers don’t need to care about emotions Myth 1: Resilience is not a fi xed trait Step 2: Recognise your emotions Step 3: Decouple “you” from the emotions Step 1: Understand your default behaviours Step 4: Manage your response Myth 4: Resilience only applies to big challenges Value 4: Encourage self-compassion
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82. SECKINGTON.COM LEARN BUILD SHARE MELINDA SECKINGTON LEARN BUILD SHARE SECKINGTON.COM Thanks for listening!
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