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People are often shocked when we review the results of their Birkman assessment and it identifies a need to recharge. Those with opposite results are often surprised people need quiet time. The really confused people work 15 hour days so they will be there when everyone leaves and they can have time to work without interruption.
- In swimming they call it tapering.
- In running it is called a recovery run.
- In Europe it is called holiday.
- In business it is too often called ‘something HR told me I have to do’.
Everyone needs time to step back and recover/reset their mind.
- The serial decision maker needs to review which decisions they made that should have gone to their team.
- The CFO needs to focus on a few items that the CEO graciously granted their request for more time, even if it only means an extra hour.
- The super achiever needs to think when they smiled last – and realize they answered four calls from customers with abrupt, matter of fact responses. At least one customer is offended.
Silence isn’t equal to doing nothing. Silence in resilience is about cleaning the lists off the mental whiteboard and only putting one or two things back on for a short time so they get attention.
Training for resilience requires recovery at some point.
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