APM Women in Project Management Conference 2019 presentation: Gillian Jones-Williams

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Don’t Bounce Back,
Bounce Forward!
Mental Resilience in Project Management
Gillian Jones-Williams

Agenda
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My resilience story
What is resilience?
WhyisitimportantinProjectManagement?
The 8 Traits of Successful Women
Techniques for maintaining resilience
Summary

But first……. How did I get here?

The Joys of Project Management!
Expect the best
Plan for the worst
and
Prepare to be surprised!
Denis Waitley

Victor Frankl
J K Rowling
Thomas Edison

Where Does Resilience Come From?
• Inherent
• Adapted
• Learnt
Resilience is about having a
Growth Mindset

How Lack of Resilience Can Impact
• Personalisation
• Permanence
• Pervasiveness
Martin Seligman (Psychologist)

Research by Harvey Coleman (ex-IBM)
across a number of large organisations
identified three factors that determine
whether someone is promoted or not
60%
10%
30%
Visibility
Job quality
Image
Promotion/Success

8
Uses powerful brain programming
to install great personal visions
and assure goals are achieved
Is a master of ensuring that they
focus on doing the right things at
the right time
Vivid
Visualisation
1
Fearless
Focus
2
Bold
Beliefs
3
Audacious
Articulation
4
Pro-active
Prioritisation
5
Self
Sustainability
6
Natural
Networking
7
Relentless
Resilience
8
Elev8te
Gillian Jones-Williams 2018

Ensures that beliefs
are positively
affirming and
strengthen
confidence in all
situations
8
Audacious
Articulation
Vivid
Visualisation
Fearless
Focus
Pro-active
Prioritisation
Self
Sustainability
Natural
Networking
Relentless
Resilience
Uses powerful brain programming
to install great personal visions
and assure goals are achieved
Understands how
to maintain peak
performance and
enjoy every part of
their life
Recognises the
importance of having
great connections
and thrives in
networking
situations
Puts a strong
spotlight on
achieving goals, is
tirelessly determined
and open to wider
opportunities
Able to elegantly but assertively
express views, wants, and needs
whilst dealing effortlessly with
different personalities
Has the ability to bounce forward
from setbacks whilst learning
positively from experience
Is a master of ensuring that they
focus on doing the right things at
the right time
1
2
Bold
Beliefs
3
45
6
7
8
Elev8te

1 - Vivid Visualisation
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1 - Vivid Visualisation
1. Creates a personal vision
2. Uses visualisation to create confidence
3. Dreams big
4. Programmes brain for success
5. Does not consider failure
6. Utilises creativity and innovation
7. Takes time to think
8. Turns dreams into plans
Uses powerful brain programming to install great
personal visions and assure goals are achieved
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Ask Yourself………
What would
you do if you
weren’t afraid?
Sheryl Sandberg
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2 – Fearless Focus

Uses powerful brain programming to install great
personal visions and assure goals are achieved
2 - Fearless Focus
1. Clearly defined passion and purpose
2. Values led living
3. Laser focus on goals
4. Perseverance
5. Stretches beyond comfort zone
6. Energy and enthusiasm
7. Seizes opportunities
8. Declutters mind and environment
Puts a strong spotlight on achieving goals, is tirelessly
determined and open to wider opportunities
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3 - Bold Beliefs
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3 – Bold Beliefs
1. Generates self confidence
2. Challenges limiting beliefs
3. Optimism
4. Manages internal dialogue
5. No driving need for approval
6. Acts according to values
7. Acts with integrity
8. Behaves authentically
Ensures that beliefs are positively affirming and
strengthen confidence in all situations

4 - Audacious Articulation

4 - Audacious Articulation
1. Emotionally Intelligent
2. Gravitas – warm but powerful
3. Eloquent communicator
4. Assertiveness
5. Ability to say “no”
6. Empathy
7. Has courageous conversations
8. Firm negotiator
Able to elegantly but assertively express views, wants,
and needs whilst dealing effortlessly with different personalities

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Time doesn’t expand limitlessly. When I
say yes to one thing, I must say no to
something else.
Crystal Paine
5 - Pro-Active Prioritisation

5 - Pro-Active Prioritisation
1. Manages expectations
2. Masters urgency
3. Clarifies what is important
4. Doesn’t “sweat the small stuff”
5. Sees things as projects
6. Knows when to have fun
7. Avoids procrastination
8. Uses big picture focus to set priorities
Is a master of ensuring that they focus on
doing the right things at the right time
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6 - Self-Sustainability
You are the one that
possesses the keys to
your being.
You carry the passport to
your own happiness.
Diane von Furstenberg

6 - Self-Sustainability
1. Regularly re-energises
2. Balances home and work
3. Rest and renewal
4. Strong support system
5. Finds joy in every day
6. Sees health as a priority
7. Practices mindfulness
8. Spends time with people who energise
Understands how to maintain peak
performance and enjoy every part of their life
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7 - Natural Networking
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If you think networking is
painful, try an empty
contact list!
Gillian Jones-Williams

7 - Natural Networking
1. Prioritises networking
2. Fosters genuine relationships
3. Utilises mentoring
4. Builds rapport quickly
5. Strong social media presence
6. Impactful elevator pitch
7. Shares information and insight
8. ‘Pays it forward’
Recognises the importance of having great
connections and thrives in networking situations
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8 - Relentless Resilience
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Resilience is very
different to being
numb.
Resilience means you
experience, you feel,
you fail, you hurt.
But you keep going.
Yasmin Mogahed

8 - Relentless Resilience
1. Strength and persistence
2. Takes risks
3. Tenacity
4. Learns fast lessons
5. Seeks feedback regularly
6. Eliminates over thinking
7. Growth mind-set
8. Overcomes stress
Has the ability to bounce forward from setbacks
whilst learning positively from experience
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Summary
• Visualise success
• Develop a Growth Mindset
• Use helpful internal dialogue
• Look after you health
• Get some sleep!
• Manage your ‘state’
• Be assertive
• Network, network and network
• Control the voices in your head!
• Learn lessons

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Questions

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following:
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