Resilience is key to successful living, personally and professionally speaking. Organizations, teams and people must resilient in order to survive for the long haul. Resilience must begin in the mindset of the people and then weave its way through teams and organizations.
In other words, teams and organizations cannot be resilient unless the people within the teams or organization are resilient.
Yet, as much as we like to think of resilience as a verb, one cannot simply be resilient. Resilience is more of a mindset; a way of living. One cannot simply be resilient. Instead, one must come to learn how to do resilience.
This being the case, resilience can be defined as the organization, team or individual’s ability to maintain organizational or mental health while achieving positive growth through change, disruption and adversity.
This means maintaining your center.
For the organization, remaining organizationally healthy. For the individual, remaining mentally healthy.
Over the next few posts, we will examine the hows to doing resilience.
Published by JC Hurtado-Prater | Leadership Professor + Consultant
JC Hurtado-Prater serves as Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Leadership at the Fermanian School of Business at Point Loma Nazarene University where he oversees the graduate business and leadership programs. In addition, through his company, Bluestone Consulting, LLC, JC serves as a leadership consultant for executives and teams at global organizations such as Johnson + Johnson, Cisco, Visa, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Harbor Freight, Park Hyatt and more.
A veteran of the United States Army, JC earned a BA from UCLA, MBA through Saint Joseph’s College and is currently completing his doctorate in business administration through Indiana Wesleyan University. Passionate about community service in San Diego, JC serves on several local boards for organizations such as UC San Diego, South Bay Community Services, Thrivent Financial Southwest Region and Southwestern College Foundation. JC resides in the 4S Ranch area of San Diego, CA. In his free time, JC enjoys reading, working out and kayaking the California coast.
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