Resilience isn’t just a leadership skill; it’s a survival skill. Despite what I first thought when I heard the phrase, anti-fragility is not being impervious to negative emotions, but rather using adversity as an opportunity to become even better and to make conditions, products, processes, systems, and conditions even better.

Stanley H. Greene, Global Human and Economic Development Leader, was highly recommended in 2020 as a valuable resource on resilience by Dr. Laura Dowling, who you might remember was our expert panelist on toxic positivity a few months ago.

Since then, I have attended Stanley’s Wednesday PowerThinking calls and highly recommend them, so I was thrilled to welcome him as the panelist for our discussion on achieving resilience and beyond (with antifragility). Go to our LinkedIn community for conscious leaders, C3, to watch the full replay of our event so you can learn more about the significant scientific findings Stanley shared on resilience and its applications to conscious leadership.

We discussed:

• What it looks like to be a leader with resilience.
• What are the risks when resilience is lacking?
• What is at the core of how people get through hard times?
• How can one escape the condition of learned helplessness and build resilience?
• The 7 common-sense inner strengths that resilient people have (and that we all have to a certain degree) that can help us prevent learned helplessness and bounce back from adversity faster.
• How you can take that first next step toward resilience, especially if resilience seems unattainable in the moment.
• How building resilience works (in your brain).
• How a leader keeps toxic positivity in check while continuing to develop the resilience of the team.

Watch the replay by joining C3 today. Inside of C3, you can comment and ask Stan any questions you have since he’s also a member. Join him for weekly PowerThinking calls. Keep in mind that the more resilient you become today, the better you can lead your teams through the challenges of tomorrow.

I know it’s been many weeks since I have shared pure value-add content, or so it may seem. ConCon is fast approaching, and the bulk of my time has been making sure that the speakers, the content, and the experience altogether, are transformative.

I hope you’ll understand that by promoting ConCon, I am promoting value. Register today. Every day, we are making updates to the agenda to give you the best speaker, session, panel, and keynote information.

I have a backlog of great topics and I will get back to these articles soon. For now, the single most important thing I feel I can do to advance corporate consciousness is to continue to level up the value of ConCon, and to get people there who will take the content and the contacts they make there, and use it out in the world. So, if you are available on November 5^th and/or 6^th, or if you can allocate time within the 8 weeks after it to watch the replays, then register now.  If you can’t, then please share it with leaders and aspiring leaders you know who are committed to continual growth and development.

Thanks in advance for all you do to raise corporate consciousness for a better world today and a better future for generations to come.

 

Karen Huller is the creator of the Corporate Consciousness Ripple Blueprint and author of Laser-sharp Career Focus: Pinpoint your Purpose and Passion in 30 Days. She founded Epic Careering, a leadership and career development firm specializing in executive branding and conscious culture, in 2006. 

While the bulk of her 20 years of professional experience has been within the recruiting and employment industry, her publications, presentations, and coaching also draw from experience in personal development, performance, broadcasting, marketing, and sales. Her solutions incorporate breakthroughs in neuroscience, human performance optimization, bioenergetics, and psychology to help leaders accelerate rapport, expand influence, and elevate engagement and productivity while also looking out for the sustainability of the business and the planet.

Mrs. Huller was one of the first LinkedIn trainers and is known widely for her ability to identify and develop new trends. She is a Certified Professional Résumé Writer, Certified Career Transition Consultant, and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist with a Bachelor of Art in Communication Studies and Theater from Ursinus College and a minor in Creative Writing. Her blog was recognized as a top 100 career blog worldwide by Feedspot. 

She was an Adjunct Professor in Cabrini University’s Communications Department and an Adjunct Professor of Career Management and Professional Development at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. As an instructor for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, she has helped two of her students win the 2018 National Competition to be named America’s Next Top Young Entrepreneurs, to win the 2019 People’s Choice Award, and to land in the top 8 during the (virtual) 2020 National Competition.

She is board secretary for the Upper Merion Community Center and just finished serving as Vice President of the Gulph Elementary PTC, for which she received recognition as a Public Education Partner and Promoter from the Upper Merion Area Education Association. She lives in King of Prussia with her husband, two daughters, and many pets, furry, feathered, and scaly.