Leading with Appreciative Inquiry

In this webinar you will explore the 6 keys to developing resiliency in yourself and your organization. Based on research, the results unlock the secrets of what it takes for the organization to thrive and flourish when faced with adverse situations. You'll learn the best way to find your own resiliency core and take action to ensure your success in learning how to become resilient and thriving. You'll test your resiliency and discover areas where you need to build more confidence as a leader and within your organization’s employees.

• Overview of The Six Steps to Resiliency – The Resiliency Wheel
• Definition and Examples
• Speaker Bio Overview
• Causes of Adversity in Life and Business
• How to Use Adversity to Get Back on Track
• How to Make Resiliency Work for You – Interactive Worksheet
• Research in Resiliency
• Why Develop Resiliency – Research Findings
• How to Use Resiliency in the Workplace
• Case Studies
• Using Resiliency to Thrive, Not Just Survive Resiliency Graph – From Adversity to Thriving
• Group Discussion – Reflect on a Challenge, Following the Resiliency Graph Self-Assessment Tool
• Analysis of Self-Assessment Group Discussion of Wheel Segments
• Case Studies – Actions and Outcomes
• Video – How to Get Better at Almost Anything
• Closing the Gap Between Default Future and Planned Future Case Studies – Video Time Permitting
• Possibilities
• Next Steps
• Imagining
• Filling in the Missing Pieces
• How to Be The “GOAT” The Greatest of All Time – Tom Brady Video, Time Permitting

This 90-minute webinar focuses on helping individuals, managers, and leaders improve their ability to cope with adversity, uncertainty, and change. The content of the course is backed by over 30 years of research and delivered in an engaging, entertaining format that gives participants the tools they need to thrive in difficult times.

• Did you ever wonder how some groups and people always seem to land on their feet?
• Who do you know who on your team appears to come up "smelling like a rose" no matter what the circumstances?
• How do some people have "all the luck"?
• Now you can learn the six steps to dealing with adversity, to develop "luck", "balance", to create a good outcome, regardless of the situation!
• How do you and your team deal with adversity? Do you succumb to loss, desperate times, and despair, or do you sense that there is a gift, or silver lining hidden inside the setback?
• Are you on a team looking for a new, engaging way to tackle professional development and team development at once?
• Are you an individual interested in finding new ways to improve your own levels of resilience?
• Are you seeking a simple, science-backed methodology to fight stress and anxiety? Are you a Leader searching for an interactive approach to bring out the best in your teams and improve team cohesion?

You'll learn the best way to find your own resiliency core and take positive action to ensure success in learning to become resilient. You'll test your resiliency and discover areas where you need to build more confidence.

Together, we’ll develop your plan for dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty, and what to do when facing unique challenges in your workplace or personal life.

• HR Generalists
• HR Administrators
• CHROs
• VPs of HR
• HR Directors
• HR Professionals Coaches
• Managers
• VPs
• Directors and Key Personnel

Mary T. O'Sullivan is an International Coach Federation, Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, - PCC, Society of Human Resource Management – SHRM-SCP, master’s certificate in Executive and Professional Career Coaching, the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Honor Society. She has pursued Advanced Studies in Education from SUNY Oswego and Syracuse University.

Mary has over 30 years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry, with large corporate entities. In each of her roles, she acted as a change agent, moving teams and individuals from the status quo to new ways of thinking, through offering solutions focused on changing behaviors and fostering growth. Also, Mary holds a permanent teaching certificate in the State of New York for secondary education and taught high school English for 10 years in the Syracuse, NY area.