Building Resiliency in Turbulent Times
There is a strong connection between how the storytelling muscle can foster resiliency and has helped a business withstand uncertain times and even show up stronger. You'll learn about tips on how to create this resiliency within your own organizations by creating a safe environment that fosters meaningful storytelling, encouraging your leaders to demonstrate storytelling with vulnerability, and infusing storytelling as a practice into your culture. • Learn how empathy for self and others are the first steps to organizational resiliency. • Discuss the value of implementing psychometric self-awareness and relationship tools in your organization. • Understand the impact leaders in your organization can have on the culture by sharing stories and showing vulnerability. • Review the library of stories leaders should all develop and be ready to tell. • Observe the value in operationalizing storytelling and creating a habit in your culture which will strengthen resiliency. • Think through the channels and internal communication touch points through which you can purposefully infuse storytelling in your organization
Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams is Executive Vice President of Human Resources of Duarte, Inc., responsible for the company’s culture and talent strategies to enable all our people to thrive. As a leader in HR for over two decades, Melissa brings a wealth of best practices for creating engaged, diverse, and inclusive work environments where people and business results excel. Through her experience in a range of industries, across businesses of all sizes in the U.S. and Europe, Melissa has developed proven strategies for cultivating employees and strengthening culture to support and sustain business growth. She’s particularly passionate about creating innovative training experiences that build empathy and inclusion, underpinned by her deep expertise in psychometric and relationship awareness tools. As a result of Melissa’s leadership, Duarte’s employee engagement measures have skyrocketed, with scores well above benchmarks for similar companies. She has received several accolades for her work, including National Employer of the Year and Outstanding Contribution award. In addition to multiple coaching and psychometric accreditations, Melissa has an International Human Resources Management Degree with honors from Southampton Solent University, UK.