Resiliency

Pre-Reading:

Resiliency & Postvention - Student Pre-Reading - Psychological Safety Trust and Learning (1).pdf

Introduction

This is not a substitute for annual training; this is our opportunity to evaluate how we can better connect with our team before, during and after situations that affect our organization.

Take 1 minute to write what you love/enjoy in life.

Now consider....

When was the last time you enjoyed that thing you wrote down?

How well are you doing taking care of yourself?

Cognitive Lesson Objectives:

Understand methods to assess an organization’s resiliency, culture and climate
Describe how to create & sustain organizational environments that mitigate resiliency related issues and how SNCOs impact organizational resiliency

Affective Lesson Objective:

Value the effects assessing climate, psychological safety, the SAPR program and postvention have on organizational resiliency

Assessing an organization’s resiliency, culture & climate

Side 1: What are some formal processes available to assess our units’ resiliency, climate, and culture?

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Side 2: What are some informal ways we as SNCOs can gather data to assess the resiliency, climate, and culture in our organizations?

What are the best ways to assess resiliency, culture, and climate in your organization?

What is the connection between resiliency and lethality?

What are strategic implications when organizations are not "ready"?

Tools for Leaders

Navigate to https://www.resilience.af.mil/Tools-and-Guidance/

Explore some of the topics and provided leadership considerations.

How can Emotional Intelligence help us build individual and organizational resilience?

https://globalleadershipfoundation.com/deepening-understanding/emotional-intelligence/

Psychological Safety

Consider:

What are factors that negatively impact an organization's resiliency?
Do individuals feel comfortable coming forward with thoughts, ideas, or issues within your organization? Why or why not?
Have you or members of your organization ever had a good idea but decided not to share it? What was that reason?

How do we build psychological safety within our organizations?

SAPR

This is NOT a substitute for annual SAPR training; discussion should focus on leadership responsibilities related to SAPR.

Navigate to SAPR Toolkit for Command Teams: https://www.sapr.mil/command-toolkit

DoDI 6495.02, Vol 1 SAPR Program Procedures

DoDI 6495.02, Vol 2, SAPR Program

DoDI 6495.02, Vol 3, SAPR

30-Day Checklist

Catch a Serial Offender (CATCH) program overview

What impact do you believe that sexual assault has on psychological safety in an organization?

Why is it difficult to discuss sexual assault and harassment within our organizations?

What is your role as a SNCO in these conversations?

Suicide Pre/Postvention Planning

Four Corners Exercise

Four lines of efforts for prevention:

Connections between individuals, units & AF families

2. Detection of risk in individuals and units

3. Protections in environments, services, and policies

4. Equipping Total Force and family members to mitigate risk & build resilience

Navigate to the Postvention Toolkit for Military Suicide Loss https://www.dspo.mil/Portals/113/Documents/PostventionToolkit.pd ; and/or

https://www.resilience.af.mil/

Groups should discuss planning, resources, and timelines for postvention.

Wrap-up

Consider:

What are some potential warning signs of the various organizational resiliency related issues?
What are some examples of creating environments that mitigate resiliency related issues?
What are possible courses of action to consider after various resiliency related events?
What are effective ways of recommending COAs to leadership when dealing with a SAPR event or other resiliency issue?
What actions can SNCOs take to ensure SAPR programs are effectively implemented?

Cognitive Lesson Objectives:

Understand methods to assess an organization’s resiliency, culture and climate
Describe how to create & sustain organizational environments that mitigate resiliency related issues and how SNCOs impact organizational resiliency

Affective Lesson Objective:

Value the effects assessing climate, psychological safety, the SAPR program and postvention have on organizational resiliency

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