BUILD SUSTAINABLE RESILIENCE PRACTICES WITH APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
We live and operate in a world of constant change. To adapt, leaders are being called upon to re-tool, re-create, and respond like never before. This requires creating a compelling resilience practice to sustain self and others. Resilience Reset is a 3-part virtual series designed to help leaders dwell in what is happening at this moment in history and find ways to sustain themselves and their organizations.
Grounded in Appreciative Inquiry, appreciative resilience is a powerful practice that explores how leaders can cultivate hope, uplift strengths in times of despair, and foster forgiveness as part of their resilience practice.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Being resilient is about practicing in the every-day of our lives and work; it is not a place we get to arrive at nor a place where we can permanently reside. Being resilient does not make us immune to the challenges of work and life. Rather, being resilient lets us venture and evolve using all of our strengths in the most challenging of times.
Resilience Reset is an opportunity to focus on the strengths we bring to creating an appreciative resilience practice. Join Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell for a highly interactive conversation about resilience in our complex world. During these sessions, Jeanie and Joan will curate topics from their resilience work and invite topics from participants.
SESSION 1: RESILIENCE AS A PRACTICE
Participants will engage in a dynamic conversation about the ways in which they can amplify and uplift their strengths in challenging times. This session:
- Introduces the appreciative resilience model.
- Provides an overview of appreciative inquiry.
- Focuses on how we can practice appreciative resilience in times of despair.
SESSION 2: UPLIFTING STRENGTHS
A powerful conversation on how hope is the cornerstone of an appreciative resilience practice. This session:
- Provides a short overview of the appreciative resilience model.
- Hones in on the practice of hope in the everyday of resilience.
SESSION 3: ALTERING OUR GAZE
A deeply crafted conversation on the role of forgiveness in appreciative resilience. In this last session, participants will:
- Quickly review appreciative inquiry and the appreciative resilience model.
- Delve into how a deep practice of forgiveness plays an essential part in building resilience.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
METHOD OF DELIVERY
These live conversations will be delivered using Zoom. You will receive the Zoom meeting information upon registration listed in your confirmation email. To optimize your learning experience, we highly recommend participating in thus course using a laptop or desktop computer.
SUGGESTED READING
This virtual series is built upon the book, Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness (2018) written by Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell.
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a widely used change approach that emphasizes identifying what’s working well in a system. Leaders can use AI to increase their ability to weather the storms they’ll inevitably encounter and be resilient. A profound guide, this book features personal accounts from leaders across a variety of settings describing how they’ve practiced appreciative resilience in the ongoing cycle of hope, despair, and forgiveness.
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QUESTIONS?
Do you have questions about this training? Please email your questions to Kelly Stewart at Kelly@CenterForAppreciativeInquiry.net.
