Join Nancy Sharp for her empowering talk Own Your Story. Together we’ll learn how owning the stories we were meant to live, not just the story thrust upon us, allows us to become our most resilient, capable selves. By drawing upon Nancy’s own Resilience Framework™ and popular storytelling exercises she teaches in her Guided Autobiography workshops, we’ll learn insightful and practical tips and tools to: exercise greater self-leadership, take a more creative approach to problem-solving, reframe and push beyond limiting beliefs; and thrive amid challenging times. Audiences come away ready to leave their mark in the world. 

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Nobody is born resilient. But why then are some individuals better able to navigate daily stressors large and small with little disruption? How is it that some people thrive amid uncertainty and challenge while others feel paralyzed? Together we’ll explore how people who own a resilient mindset move forward while those who fear change and fear the unknown, stay stuck. In a world that is increasingly fraught with hassles and crises, cultivating everyday resilience, strength, and vitality is key. Audiences learn how to: 

• Discover untapped resilience 
• Lean into challenges instead of avoiding them 
• Apply the three central questions from The Resilience Framework™ to position oneself for everyday growth  
• Live with greater well-being and optimism in spite of surrounding stress and setbacks 
• Transcend challenges 
• Be more curious about the world and others 
• Cultivate greater empathy and more meaningful connections 
• Identify hands-on experiences that boost confidence and skills 

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
- Oscar Wilde

The world is more complex and interconnected than ever before. This means that there isn’t just one way to view a problem, one right solution. Sometimes the only way through the problem is to embrace the “both sides now” with all its inherent contradictions. We’ll learn that only by looking at the whole shebang—the good, the hard, and everything in-between—can we come to own the stories we were meant to live and achieve peak success. Specific learning outcomes: 

• Write a more nuanced, truthful narrative for yourself and your busines 
• Develop more flexible thinking
• Apply new creative solutions to existing problems
• Challenge limiting beliefs 
• Experience greater confidence and self-mastery 
• Achieve higher emotional intelligence by applying the four foundational pillars of The Resilience Framework™: self-awareness, empathy, reasoned decision-making, and the willingness to grow and change 
• Builds compassionate, thoughtful, holistic leaders 

What happens when you or your people don’t bounce back from setbacks and disappointments? Does adversity inhibit or propel you forward? What’s the cost to you and your business of diminished resilience? Imagine the gains in performance and bottom-line growth if you learned to be an expert on resilience. Imagine fostering bold and engaged teams who tackle challenges small and large. No matter where you or your team stand on the spectrum of resilience, you will leave this impactful program with the awareness, confidence, and concrete tools to move past obstacles and embrace positive growth and change. Audiences learn how to: 

•  Lean into challenges instead of avoiding them 
•  Ask, answer, and apply the three questions needed to summon resilience from The Framework ™
•  Use affirming language to break through barriers
•  Apply the four foundational pillars of resilience: self-awareness, empathy, reasoned decision-making, and the willingness to grow and change to everyday situations
•  Exercise collective resilience 
•  Develop specific steps to immediately put into action

“The most effective way to transform your life, therefore, is not by quitting your job and moving to an ashram, but, to paraphrase Teddy Roosevelt, by doing what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ― Susan David, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and Life

 We live in a culture that praises immediate gratification. Which means that today’s leaders are so focused on outcomes that they sometimes bypass the important lessons embedded in the journey—lessons that position them for sustained growth. Hard can be good, and change is possible no matter the circumstances. Only be reimagining the possibilities and asking tough questions can leaders develop the resilient mindset necessary to expertly navigate uncertainty and achieve enduring success. Audiences learn how to:

• See themselves with new clarity 
• Become a more flexible thinker by viewing challenges through the expanded prism of gray—the unbounded, limitless place between black and white
• Appreciate adversity
• Welcome change 
• Advance a growth mindset 
• Ignite their creativity 
• Embrace diverse perspectives  
• Apply the principles of The Resilience Framework™ to help them establish a foundation for greater well-being and success