You can practice and develop leadership behaviour and implement steps to become more resilient.

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Below are some steps many leaders use to improve themselves and create a better experience in the workplace.

Develop and Present a Positive Attitude

• Think before you speak in unfamiliar situation
• Find specific opportunities during challenges
• Practice turning issues into opportunities
• Stop and take a time out when periods of frustration arise
• Look for a positive person to serve as your mentor

Maintain a Focused sense of purpose for long-term goals and priorities

• Explore your value system and identify your personal sense of direction on which you can rely to make choices
• Set new priorities when faced with the disruption of change

Use Flexible thinking to explore multiple approaches for addressing uncertainty

• Switch sides when discussing a topic about which you feel strongly
• Rather than assuming your first answer is the solution, suspend judgment if you are in the middle of a change
• List three positives and three negatives about a new idea or concept
• Be willing to work in an unfamiliar role to learn a different point of view
• Identify a person who is a strong flexible thinker, and ask for some coaching

Use Organised, structured approaches when managing ambiguity

• Learn to quickly sort information and find patterns in new situations
• Use a planner or planning software to keep to-do lists, track plans, commitments, and next steps for each change initiative
• Break down complex or ambiguous situations into manageable chunks
• Find a coach who has strong organisational skills.

Experiment proactively with new approaches and solutions

• Choose a small project and experiment with a new approach
• For a challenge you face, define the worst-case scenario; list how you would address each risk
• Find someone you perceive as a successful risk-taker and discuss your objections and concerns about a change
• Try to view a risk associated with a change you are facing as a “win-win” situation; determine what you can learn by assuming the risk

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