Strive

Embracing the gift of struggle.

What the presentation focuses on

For the last 10 years Dr Adam Fraser and Deakin University have been studying how leaders and teams can evolve, innovate and be resilient in times of change to stay commercially relevant and profitable. Their research shows that the key factor allowing teams to transform and evolve is their relationship with the struggle and discomfort that accompanies any change.

For many years, we have been incorrectly taught that we should avoid struggle and challenge. We often look at those we believe have struggle free lives and we wish that our lives resembled theirs. After all, a life free of difficulties and struggle has to be a good life, right?! Wrong!

This misperception has lead people to avoid situations that push them out of their comfort zone. The problem with this? Individuals and organisations don’t get anywhere near their potential.

This presentation sheds a new light on the role challenge and struggle play in our development both personally and professionally. It will provide you with the proper tools you need to approach challenge and discomfort in a way that not only improves your performance and success, but also improves your self esteem and wellbeing.

“People who evolve with the changing world don’t see struggle as a threat, they see struggle as the path to development.”

Outcomes from the presentation

• You will learn to have a more constructive and resilient mindset towards change and transformation. 

• It will create a STRIVE culture in your teams, where you reflect on progress, learn from failures and have a greater level of perseverance and tenacity when under pressure.

• Help you understand why you are proud of the hard things in life.

• Teach you about ‘The completion myth’ and why we feel flat after we achieve a goal and more alive when we are working towards a goal. Have you see why taking the easy path leads to dysfunction and misery.

Problems it solves

• Stops you retreating back to old safe behaviours when faced with the opportunity to change and grow.

• Helps teams band together and create a culture that supports transformation.

• Helps align you and your teams behaviour to the strategic focus of the organisation.

Key words

Evolution, resilience, embracing change, transformation, struggle, development

Research Outcomes 

The strategies presented in this keynote have been shown to achieve the following results in 800 professionals from highly complex environments that were experiencing large amounts of change. 

• 54% increase in level of positive mood at work  

• 22% improvement in capacity to handle high workloads 

• 20% improvement on level of engagement 

• 27% increase in level of creativity and innovation at work11% increase in hope and optimism