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BOUNCE by Keith McFarland

BOUNCE by Keith McFarland. The art of turning tough times into triumph. It’s often during life’s most difficult times, that we discover our most critical hidden strengths And that we forge our most important capabilities. Introduction. Question # 1:

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BOUNCE by Keith McFarland

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  1. BOUNCEbyKeith McFarland The art of turning tough times into triumph

  2. It’s often during life’s most difficult times, • that we discover our most critical hidden strengths • And that we forge our most important capabilities Introduction

  3. Question # 1: • What is the one quality you most like about yourself? • Question # 2: • Can you think of a time in your life when you first discovered or developed your higher level of adaptability? • People discover or develop their most important qualities when times get tough Anatomy of a bounce

  4. At some point, you hit the bottom (disintegration) • And then you reintegrate (bounce back) around some new ideas – ideas that include a really important quality or adaptability • To continue to move up the competitive ladder, there is always a tougher disintegration Disintegration to Reintegration

  5. People are too concerned about getting the right people, • when they should be concerned about the people right. • The Army does this by focusing 10 % of the effort on getting the right people, • And 90 % on getting the people right . Getting people right

  6. Pressure always generates anxiety • You need to have the right type of anxiety • there are 2 types of anxiety • Type 1: the fear of change • Type 2: the fear of what will happen to you if you don’t change • Anxiety 2 always exceeds Anxiety 1 • The job of the leader is to convert Anxiety 1 to Anxiety 2 by showing what can be done about the situation. Two types of anxiety

  7. Christmas ornament: hold shoulder high, drop it and it shatters – falls apart • Orange: hold shoulder high, drop it, and it plops, lands with a thud, bruises • Rubber Ball:hold shoulder high, drop it, and it bounces back, pretty high! – grow stronger Response to tough times

  8. Ability to bounce back • How do you improve your resilience structure? • Learn new ways to deal with setbacks • Avoid reverting to what you always used to do • Mental aspect to an effective bounce Resilience

  9. See reality clearly • Treat causes, not symptoms • “We control,” not “they control” • Hold hands in traffic - stay together • Mental Toughness Mental approach to bounce

  10. 1 .. Embrace the bounce • 2 .. Manage the anxiety • 3 .. Manage the mental factors • 4 .. Manage the money • 5 .. Manage the mission • 6 .. Manage the morale Think of these as concentric layers of a ball, each outer layer dependent on underneath layers The 6 key principles to bounce

  11. Life is adaptation, repeated disintegration and reintegration in the face of change. • Never a matter of IF, but always WHEN • Successful people disintegrate and reintegrate quickly and successfully • Most resilient people are good at giving up old ways of thinking, and of adapting new ideas and approaches, which can significantly influence the depth and duration of the drop Embrace the bounce

  12. Leaders need to learn how to (1) absorb and contain anxiety when anxiety levels get high and (2) master the art of turning one kind of anxiety into another • Shifting the fear from “what might happen to us” to “what might happen to us if we don’t change” helps to relieve organizational stress Manage the anxiety

  13. See things as they really are – • Avoid reverting to old ways of thinking and acting • Avoid being influenced by wishfulness, which can cause an underestimation of the situation • Involve other people in thinking through the issue • Involve outsiders – more objective, less prejudice • Emphasize ‘we control” vs “they control” • Hold hands in traffic – stay together Manage the mental factors

  14. Ability to generate value, by providing value • Act as a shock absorber – balance the drive to expand with the need to protect • Act as a strategic compass -- prioritize -- don’t focus a large amount of time and energy on a low amount of return Manage the money

  15. A sense of purpose that is the central organizing principle of everything you do • Highly specific, clearly stated, and widely embraced goal that carries with it a strong sense of the imperative • Mission is the thing upon which all the other things are based Manage the mission

  16. Morale - Firmness in the face of danger, failure and difficulties • Leaders who strike a balance between decisive action and thoughtful consideration • During difficult times, face the facts squarely and strongly reinforce a belief in the ability to solve whatever problems are being faced and emerge even stronger as a result. The trick is to stress both at the same time • it is the people in an organization who will, in the end, determine the morale Manage the morale

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