A Short Book on Resilience

This book will focus on what we will call the Resilience 6E Process: (1) expect, (2) equip, (3) execute, (4) evolve, (5) establish and (6) evaluate. Resilience is a process that begins with the expectation that you will experience change, disruption or adversity is life. Because you live with the expectation that, at some point, you will face change, disruption and diversity you make a plan to equip yourself, your team, your family, your organization or your community for this change. Once the inevitable change, disruption or adversity becomes reality, you execute on the plans and processes you have set in place in order to weather the storm. During this time of execution you grow and evolve by coming to new understandings and ways of seeing the world. Once you you have come through this time of change and adversity, you work to establish a new normal. After all, you have evolved which means your mindset has changed. Because your mindset has changed, you will approach life and business much differently. Once all is said and done, the process of resilience resets through the act of evaluating oneself, one's team or one's organization and asking the basic questions, "What did we do well?," "What can we do better?," and "What did we learn?" Anyone can be resilient. Any team can be resilient. Any organization can be resilient. While resiliency is a strong trait found in all living things, because human beings can define processes and structures, resilience is not simply a trait that can be found in the strong. One does not have to exhibit superhuman strength in order to be resilient. You simply must follow the process. This is the purpose for this book. To help you understand the process of resilience in order to prepare you, your team unit and your organization in knowing how to prepare for and endure through change, disruption and adversity. Most importantly, this book will help you to grow and evolve forward.