Pause: A Tool for Resilient Leaders

Audience

All of Saybrook Community 

Description

As we all re-emerge at our own pace and in our own way from the pandemics here in the U.S., there is an opportunity to pause. We each have a chance to sit in reflection and note what just occurred and how we navigated the waters and passages of a tsunami of change. Based on the practice of pausing, we’ll share the following stories of courage, of fortitude and of wonder:

 · The Magnificent Seven.

 · Queries from Madeline

 · Drive-by Birthdays

 · Climbing the Guava Tree

 · Birthday Mulch

 Through the application of the leadership tool of a pause, participants will then have an opportunity in small groups to practice the art of pause and share a personal story from the pandemics. This session requires 2 hours.

 Learning Outcomes

 As a result of this focus on the leadership tools of pause and story-telling, participants will:

 · Begin the sense-making process of transition from trauma through the leadership tool of a pause: What might we leave behind? Where might we reflect more? What might we carry forward?

 · Become familiar with and gain additional experience with the highly effective communication tool of storytelling.

 · Build connections with self and others in a complex system resulting from our honorable engagement in these pandemics.

 Process

 1. The Workshop begins with an overview of the leadership tool developed and published by a group of business and community leaders meeting weekly through the pandemics, each Monday evening.

 2. These leaders share stories of perspectives gained and beliefs challenged.

 3. In small break-out groups participants share their own stories of navigating uncharted waters and, what they learned, and where they still hold wonder.

 5. The Workshop concludes with the larger group re-convening and taking the opportunity to share insights and where they will carry a pause and storytelling next.

Presenters

Mary Kay Chess, PhD, Core Faculty

Stacey Heiligenthaler PhD, Alumni

Patty Neil PhD, Alumni

Megan Ratcliffe, PhD, Alumni

Petural (PJ) Shelton, PhD, Alumni

Magda Capellao Kaspary, MA, PhD MOS Student

Requirement for Program

No

Session Number

515

Zoom Session Information

ZOOM LINK: https://tcsedsystem.zoom.us/j/91261741986

Meeting ID: 912 6174 1986

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