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BRSS TACS Presents: “Self Explora-on, Resiliency, and Professional Development: A Virtual Learning Community for Young Leaders”
June 1, 2016 1:00-‐2:30pm Eastern Time
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Session 1: Knowing Yourself as a Leader
Moderator
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Devin Reaves Life of Purpose
• Introduce yourself in the chat box
• Submit quesAons at any Ame
• Download presentaAon slides and other resources
Welcome!
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Youth and Young Adult Leadership Framework
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1. Knowing Yourself as a Leader • June 1st from 1:00-‐2:30pm ET
2. Communica-ons, Advocacy, Storytelling • June 8th from 1:00-‐2:30pm ET
3. Cul-va-ng Strong Teams and Partnerships • June 15th from 1:00-‐2:30pm ET
Self Explora-on, Resiliency and Professional Development: A BRSS TACS Virtual Learning Community for Young Leaders
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Meet Your Presenters!
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Juan Velez Court
Sarah Nerad
Session ObjecSves
Par$cipants will be able to • assess their own leadership development needs and idenAfy prioriAes and next steps
• explain the concepts of EmoAonal Intelligence (EQ), self-‐care, resiliency, and mentoring and describe their importance to leadership development
• recognize and describe different styles of conflict management
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QuesSon for the Audience
What comes to mind when you think about “EmoSonal Intelligence?”
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EmoSonal Intelligence (EQ)
• Defined: The ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emoAons and to use this informaAon to guide one’s thinking and acAons in posiAve ways.
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• Versus General Intelligence (the ability to learn, reason, and comprehend informaAon)
• Important for: – Building relaAonships with the community
– Empathizing with others – Balancing personal and professional needs
5 Skills of EmoSonal Intelligence (EQ)
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Personal Competence
Self-‐Awareness
Self-‐RegulaSon
Self-‐MoSvaSon
Social Competence Social Awareness
Social Skills
5 Skills of EmoSonal Intelligence (EQ)
• Self-‐Awareness -‐ understand their own thoughts, behavior, emoAons, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Self-‐RegulaSon -‐ Taking Ame to think before talking • Self-‐MoSvaSon -‐ possess iniAaAve and have long-‐term goals;
producAve, enjoy a challenge, not necessarily focused on external moAvators (i.e. status or wealth)
• Social Awareness -‐ Caring for others, ability pick up emoAonal cues from others, idenAfy and understand viewpoints of others, and feel comfortable in social situaAons
• Social Skills -‐ FuncAon well as team players, communicate clearly, manage conflict, build consensus, and encourage others to develop and achieve.
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Benefits of EmoSonal Intelligence (EQ)
• Managing RelaSonships – Understanding how others feel can help people communicate and express feelings
• Maintaining Physical Health – Underdeveloped EQ can lead to stress and physical health condiAons
• PromoSng Mental Health – Underdeveloped EQ can lead to depression, anxiety, isolaAon, or feelings of loneliness due to lack of healthy relaAonships
• Succeeding in the Community – EQ needed to successfully manage the social expectaAons of everyday life, including school, life, or leading in the recovery community
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Tips for EmoSonal Intelligence (EQ)
• Recognize your emoAons and how they impact the way you communicate
• Pay aeenAon to non-‐verbal cues (e.g., facial expressions, gestures, voice tone, and body language. Think about what non-‐verbal cues you are sending and receiving)
• Go beyond listening, make eye contact, and concentrate on what is being said, not on what your response will be
• Focus on the other person, be present in the conversaAon, and think before speaking
• Know when to turn off your mobile device • Take a personality test -‐ One can be found at
hep://www.ihhp.com/free-‐eq-‐quiz/ 13
Discussion
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QuesSon for the Audience
What do you think about when you hear the term “conflict”?
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Conflict Management is…
• An opportunity for change • Inevitable • A skill that can be mastered with pracAce and mentoring.
• Can also derail a group’s goals and destroy its teamwork
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Styles of Conflict Management
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Style Goal is to: Use when: Overuse can result in:
CompeSng Win Decisions need to be made right away
Making others feel disempowered
Avoiding Delay or stall You need to stall decision-‐making
Bad feelings
Compromising Find the middle ground Conflict is between groups that have the same amount of power
Leaving the conflict on the table and can be a barrier to meeAng goals
CollaboraSng Have a win/win resoluAon Trying to increase innovaAon, commitment, and trust
Spending too much Ame debaAng small issues
AccommodaSng (Harmonizing)
Let the other party win You want to appear evenhanded and unbiased
RestricAon of the impact of your ideas and reduce power
• Understand that conflict happens • Can be an opportunity for posiAve change • Wont’ go away if you avoid it • Problems get worse when we avoid them • Keep your anger in check • Most conflict isn’t personal • You lose power when you lose your temper • Stay in the ‘problem-‐solving’ mode • Don’t think in terms of wining and losing – think about finding
the best soluAon • Document all steps toward conflict resoluAon 18
Tips for Understanding Conflict
hep://forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/04/03/how-‐to-‐manage-‐conflict-‐at-‐work/
• Determine the source of the conflict -‐ Seek answers to the following quesAons to help idenAfy the source: – Does it arise from differences in values or beliefs? – Does it arise from differing expectaAons about goals or outcomes?
• IdenAfy how the conflict affects the group or individual by naming the impact of the conflict in neutral, non-‐blaming language
• Use acSve listening skills • Use problem-‐solving skills to help resolve the conflict • Use mediaSon if conflict can’t be resolved 19
Steps for Resolving Conflict
Applying Conflict Management Skills
• Roleplay scenarios to pracAce managing conflict. • PracAce applying the sources and impacts of conflict (Conflict Triangle Exercise)
• PracAce acAve listening skills: -‐ hep://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHxNdIyo7g
• PracAce collaboraAve problem-‐solving skills: -‐ hep://www.learningforlife.org/exploring-‐resources/
99-‐720/x09.pdf -‐ hep://www.youthwebonline.com/teachers/acAviAes/
culture/09.html
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Applying Conflict Management Skills
• Sponsor a course or workshop on conflict management tailored for young leaders in recovery
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• Develop youth and young adult leadership-‐specific trainings include mediaAon and conflict resoluAon, understanding team dynamics, and project management skills
• Sponsor a training on team dynamics that includes perspecAves from youth in recovery
Resources for Conflict Management
• Conflict Management Style Quiz -‐ heps://facultyombuds.ncsu.edu/files/2015/11/Conflict-‐
management-‐styles-‐quiz.pdf • EuroMed Peace Bag
-‐ hep://peacebag.org/V1/arAcles/toolkit-‐p4-‐dealwconflict.html
• The Five Conflict Styles -‐ hep://web.mit.edu/collaboraAon/mainsite/modules/
module1/1.11.5.html • Conflict Management Styles and Strategies
-‐ hep://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/conflict.htm 22
Discussion
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QuesSon for the Audience
What acSviSes come to mind when you think about self-‐care?
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What is Self-‐care?
25 hep://www.healthandwellnesscoaching.org/exec-‐summary.htm
Self-‐care is an integral component of whole-‐health care, recovery, and resiliency.
Resiliency is the ability to respond to stress, anxiety, trauma, crisis, or disaster.
Your ability to take care of your mind, body, and spirit and remain resilient will enhance your ability as an emerging leader.
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Benefits of Self-‐care
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• For a young leader with lived experience, self-‐care is essenAal to leadership acAviAes
• Can increase energy • Provide sense of purpose • Connectedness to others • Maintain good overall health • Work life balance can increase producAvity and prevent burnout
Self-‐care Techniques
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• Acupuncture • Behavioral Strategies • MedicaAons • MeditaAon and breathing • Recovery supports and peer recovery support services • Relapse PrevenAon • Yoga • Healthy diet • Knowing stress style and stress management techniques • Include self care rouAne in leadership development plan
Tips for Self-‐care
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• Include self-‐care rouAne in leadership development plan • Make self-‐care part of regular, daily rouAne • Assess your level of self-‐care:
heps://www.ecu.edu/cs-‐dhs/rehb/upload/Wellness_Assessment.pdf
• Generate ideas about healthy behavior:hep://www.aecnetwork.org/userfiles/file/MidAtlanAc/SelfCareGuide.pdf
• Keep a daily self-‐care log (MyFitnessPal, Fitbit, WHAM): hep://www.integraAon.samhsa.gov/health-‐wellness/wham/wham-‐training
• Find a self-‐care buddy • Have fun!
Applying Self-‐care
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• PracAce your self-‐care skills: – Create a discovery journal – PracAce meditaAon for a few minutes every day
– Make your bedroom a technology-‐free zone
– Build your own self-‐care toolkit
What do you do for self care?
QuesSon for the Audience
What words come to mind when you think about resiliency?
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What is Resiliency?
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“The ability to respond to stress, anxiety, trauma, crisis, or
disaster”
• Built on individuals strengths and resources
• linked by healthy supporAve relaAonships and friends who stay through rough Ames
• Develops over Ame • Impacted by internal and
external factors • Can be build step-‐by-‐step
with the right resources
Dimensions of Resiliency
• Stress management • Healthy eaAng • Physical acAvity • Resuul sleep • Service to others • Support network • OpAmism based on posiAve expectaAons • CogniAve skills to avoid negaAve thinking • Spiritual beliefs and pracAces • A sense of meaning and purpose 32
Resiliency Networks
• Connect with friends who support recovery and leadership development
• CreaAng a support network of people, of all ages, who accept you as you
• Connect with others in recovery • Join groups such as youth groups, arts organizaAons, mental health and recovery boards
• Develop and maintain a support network before they are needed
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help 33
Benefits of Resiliency
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• Helps recover from life’s storms faster
• Have friends and supports • Allows you to think posiAvely • Have supports and resources in place
• Can strengthen ability to become an effecAve leader
Tips for Resiliency
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• Make connecAons • Avoid seeing crises as problems you can’t overcome • Accept that change is part of living • IdenAfy places to get help when and if necessary • Use meditaAon, wriAng, and/or spiritual pracAces to expand your resilience.
• Don’t neglect yourself. • Create a personal strategy for resilience building
Applying Resiliency
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• Plan Social AcAviAes – Recovery-‐focused skit nights – Poetry slams – Discussions over a potluck supper
• Hold a meeAng focused on building resilience and life skills – Use blog posts or videos to jump start group discussion
Apply the mentor/mentee relaSonship and consider applicaSons to develop skills
• Knowledge and Experience – Ask about their experiences with emoAonal intelligence conflict, self-‐care, and resiliency
– Learn from their experiences and insight • ApplicaSon
– Share your goals – Check in with your mentor on progress
• Development/Coaching/Feedback – Ask for feedback or coaching on situaAons where you are uAlizing new skills
– Ask for ideas on where to pracAce, apply, and further develop skills in these areas
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Discussion
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Resources
• ATTC Self-‐care Guide: hep://www.aecnetwork.org/userfiles/file/MidAtlanAc/SelfCareGuide.pdf
• Whole Health AcAon Management: hep://www.integraAon.samhsa.gov/health-‐wellness/wham/wham-‐training
• Wellness Recovery AcAon Plan: hep://mentalhealthrecovery.com/wrap-‐is/
• MeditaAon Aps: hep://zenhabits.net/meditaAon-‐guide/ • Self-‐care Toolkit:
hep://www.nhs.uk/Planners/yourhealth/Documents/Self%20Care%20Toolkit%20Booklet%20-‐%20Oct%2010%20-‐%20READ.pdf
• Skovholt PracAAoner Professional Resiliency and Self-‐ Care Inventory: hep://www.leadership.umn.edu/news/documents/Gold_ResiliencyInventory.pdf
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• June 8th from 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST – Session 2: CommunicaAons, Advocacy, Storytelling
• June 15th from 1:00pm – 2:30pm EST – Session 3: CulAvaAng Strong Teams and Partnerships
Self Explora-on, Resiliency and Professional Development: A BRSS TACS Virtual Learning Community for Young Leaders
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For More InformaSon
• Check out the BRSS TACS Webpages at hep://www.samhsa.gov/brss-‐tacs
• Learn more about other training and technical assistance opportuniAes!
• Join the BRSS TACS listserv! Send an email to [email protected] to start receiving regular project updates
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