If you want both your organization and self to thrive during unpredictable and stressful times, there are five skills you need to master, says professor Maja Djikic
Tough times can put resilience to the test. But Dr. Maja Djikic, an associate professor and director of the Self-Development Lab at the Rotman School of Management, believes that difficult periods can also provide great opportunities for tremendous growth and transformation — both on a personal level, and within organizations. And leaders with a strong personal resilience can ultimately help improve an organization’s resilience.
While personal and organizational resilience differ, both principles share the concept of not just coping with, but flourishing during unpredictable, changing and stressful circumstances.
Djikic says both personal and organizational resilience work in tandem, and when a leader lacks personal resilience, it can negatively impact organizational resilience as well.
“If you have very poor resilience as a leader, you will have capable and competent staff walking away from you,” she says.
At a foundational level, Djikic there are five key areas that people in leadership positions should cultivate in order to better lead their teams. They should have:
[This article has been reprinted, with permission, from Rotman Management, the magazine of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management]