Jolie Wills

Achieving anything big and meaningful involves pressure. Prolonged pressure is hazardous and creates risk for your people and organization. However, done well, pressure provides the best conditions for learning and growth for your people, leaders and organization – a powerful competitive advantage in today’s pressured times. In this session, Jolie shares insights from cognitive science, global research and decades of experience leading teams up 'grit mountain' in high-pressure, high-stake environments. By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: - Explain the risks and opportunities involved in working in conditions of prolonged pressure - Apply the 'triple responsibility' model to performance and resilience under pressure in their organization - Apply practical strategies to minimize the risks of pressure and maximize growth and performance opportunities, in their own careers and within their organizations

For Jolie, a cognitive scientist and global specialist in psychosocial recovery, quite naturally the psychology of disaster is of interest to her. But if in your role you have an interest in improving outcomes for disaster-affected people, the psychology of disaster should be of interest to you too. In this presentation, Jolie shares: - her lived experience of disaster as a survivor of the Christchurch Earthquakes and the challenges of leading teams with a vital role to play in rebuilding an entire city - 3 design challenges they faced in improving outcomes for disaster-affected people - 3 practical tools that draw on the learning from disasters to improve outcomes for disaster-affected people and those working hard to support them.