Episode 131 - Change is Constant, Play to Your Strengths with Russell Harvey
Apr 29, 2024
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Russell Harvey, THE resilience coach, discusses the importance of embracing change in a VUCA world, emphasizing vision, understanding, clarity, and agility. He encourages playing to strengths and doing more of what we love for resilience. The episode is filled with curiosity and optimism.
Navigating change in a VUCA world by emphasizing vision, understanding, clarity, and agility.
Building resilience through strengths assessment and situational awareness to manage change proactively.
Deep dives
Resilience Coach Russell Harvey on Adapting to Change
Russell Harvey, known as The Resilience Coach, shares insights on navigating change in a VUCA world. He emphasizes the importance of playing to strengths and developing resilience by understanding the VUCA acronym - volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Russell highlights the significance of vision, understanding, clarity, and agility in facing constant change, urging individuals to focus on doing what they love.
Deciphering the VUCA Model for Sustainability and Growth
The discussion delves into the VUCA model, breaking down its impact on individuals and organizations. By exploring volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, Russell outlines the counterbalancing factors of vision, understanding, clarity, and agility. He aligns peak performance skills and leadership capabilities with resilience, emphasizing the need for leaders to cultivate a resilient approach.
Building Resilience Through Strengths and Situational Awareness
Russell elaborates on building resilience through strengths assessment and situational awareness. By identifying natural energizers and enhancing situational awareness, individuals can proactively manage change and uncertainty. He emphasizes the value of understanding personal strengths and aligning them with resilience strategies, promoting a culture of adaptability and growth in individuals and organizations.
John F Kennedy said, “Change is the law of life> And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” Today’s guest puts it this way, “Change is constant”. So how does this apply to us? Stick around and find out.
Hello everyone and welcome to episode 131 of the Resilient Journey podcast, presented by the Resilience Think Tank.
This week, Mark isn’t joined by “A” resilience coach – he is joined by “THE” resilience coach – Russell Harvey.
Russell and Mark talk about VUCA – and how our world is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous – but that we need to have Vision, Understanding, Clarity and Agility.
Russell encourages us to play to our strengths – and he says that our homework coming out of this will be to go away and do more of the things we love.
This episode is full of curiosity and optimism.
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