“Resilience doesn’t help you cope in spite of hard times, it helps you grow because of hard times. “
Bill Hefferman has been studying resilience and adaptability for over 20 years and shares with everybody what he’s learned along the way. Today we’re fortunate to put us amongst those ranks.
Professionally, Bill guides teams and leaders through tough issues and challenging times. An expert facilitator and engaging instructor, for over 30 years Bill has led initiatives across a range of companies, countries, and cultures. Known as a passionate expert on leading for resilience and adaptability, Bill offers practical principles, tools, and techniques for all to grow and flourish through the nonstop adversity and uncertainty that’s so much a part of our world today.
In this conversation, Bill answers the following questions:
- What it means to be resilient? What does it mean to have resilience?
- What it means to have adaptability?
- What makes a person resilient and adaptable?
- What builds resilience? What builds adaptability?
- How do we build resilience and adaptability in others?
I am grateful whenever I get to hear Bill share his experiences in both learning and teaching others about resilience and adaptability. I love how he breaks down that while resilience does help with dealing with stress and adversity, it is resilience and adaptability that help us bounce forward and becoming stronger because we went through that challenge.
Bill shared an important perspective from Kelly McGonigal that I think is worth remembering, a well-lived life is not a stress-free life.
For more information on Bill Hefferman...
His website: https://www.billhefferman.com/
His LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billheffe...
His Substack: https://billhefferman.substack.com/
"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superhero power, and in doing so a maybe learn something about the special talent in each of us that makes us unique.
"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/
ABOUT THE PODCAST
Charting a path to purpose starts with a deeper understanding of one’s superhero power and how to make a meaningful impact in service of others.
This podcast is for anyone who helps other people unlock their challenges and achieve their potential. Our audience wants to think deeply about their work and how to increase the positive impact it has in service of others.
The goal of these conversations is not to try to emulate it or “hack” our way to a new talent. Instead, the intention is to learn more about their experiences with their superhero power, and in doing so maybe learn something about the special talent in each of us that makes us unique.
Our guests bring humility, insights, gratitude, and humor as they delve deep into their experiences, learnings, and impact their "superhero power" has had when used successfully.
The path to purpose: Ordinary people, extraordinary talent, meaningful impact in the service of others.