Building Resilience and Authentic Leadership with Elizabeth Pritchard

Summary

Dr. Elizabeth Pritchard shares her journey of finding her voice and becoming an authentic leader. She discusses the importance of letting go of past traumas and embracing one's inner wisdom. She emphasizes the need to recognize and dial up or down our innate strengths and to trust our intuition. Dr. Pritchard also highlights the significance of being self-first and self-full in authentic leadership. She encourages listeners to exercise the muscle of listening to their intuition and to bounce forward with resilience. In this conversation, Dr. Elizabeth Pritchard discusses the importance of resilience and authentic leadership. She emphasizes the need to validate our feelings and responses to difficult situations and to recognize our own strengths and past successes. Dr. Pritchard introduces the concept of 'stacking your goodies,' which involves acknowledging and building upon past experiences of overcoming adversity. She also highlights the power of shifting our focus and finding the good in every situation. Dr. Pritchard suggests that aspiring leaders seek support from coaches or mentors who can provide guidance and help them develop self-awareness, self-regulation, psychological capital, and agency. She encourages leaders to stop labeling themselves, believe that they are enough, and let go of past baggage. Overall, the conversation provides valuable insights and practical tips for becoming resilient and exceptional leaders.

Keywords authentic leadership, finding voice, letting go, inner wisdom, strengths, intuition, self-first, self-full, resilience, resilience, authentic leadership, self-awareness, self-regulation, psychological capital, agency, stacking your goodies, shifting focus, support, self-belief, letting go

Takeaways

• Finding your voice and becoming an authentic leader requires letting go of past traumas and embracing your inner wisdom.
• Recognize and dial up or down your innate strengths to be authentic in different situations.
• Trust your intuition and practice listening to it in making decisions.
• Being self-first and self-full means recognizing your own worth and not seeking external validation.
• Resilience is about bouncing forward and moving past adversity, rather than bouncing back to the same place. Validate your feelings and responses to difficult situations
• Recognize and build upon your strengths and past successes
• Shift your focus and find the good in every situation
• Seek support from coaches or mentors to develop self-awareness, self-regulation, psychological capital, and agency
• Stop labeling yourself and believe that you are enough
• Let go of past baggage and focus on the present and future

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