1. Chaplain (COL) Ken Williams, PhD Senior Military Fellow
Spiritual Dimension in
Wellness and Resilience
I am a fellow student and
One element of our personality that we can develop and maintain in order to get the most out of this year and life.
Chaplain (COL) Ken Williams, PhD
Senior Military Fellow

2. Leaders Create the Conditions
The spiritual dimension -- the values and practices that guide behavior and decisions and which form a critical component of Wellness. These values and practices empower our lives and resonate through our families, our communities, our nations, and our work.
Resilience: the ability to grow and thrive in the face of challenges and bounce back from adversity. (U.S. Army Master Resilience Training)
Six Factors for Developing Resilience (National Center for PTSD)
Positive outlook
Spirituality
Active coping
Self-confidence
Learning and making meaning
Acceptance of limits
Leaders create the conditions for thriving, flourishing, fruitfulness for themselves and others.
DEFINED. “Values are the deep-seated, pervasive standards that influence every aspect of our lives (our moral judgments, our responses to others, our commitment to personal and organizational goals). Values are the parameters for decision-making.” (Kouzes and Posner, The Leadership Challenge, p. 212
What is required for plants to grow? Water, light, oxygen, soil, nutrients and fertilizer.
Values are the elements that leaders and organizations add in order for us to grow and produce according to our mission (reason for existence), and our vision (ambitious desirable future).
Resilience is the ability to thrive in adverse conditions.
In other words, resilience is the ability to stay true to one’s values in times of stress and adversity. The activity of staying true in adversity, of continuing to practice what we preach, we call integrity. Resilience is the ability to maintain our integrity.
Many people approach resilience like the oak tree – wanting to be strong, stable, and firmly planted and rooted. They gain knowledge and experience and share them with others in order to demonstrate that they have the answers and are immovable. But what happens to the mighty oak in a tornado? It gets twisted off at the roots. On the other hand, others gain knowledge and experiences in order to add different perspectives and options in order to withstand and resolve a variety of issues. They are like the flexible grass that survives the high winds.
What will enable us to thrive in adversity, to maintain our integrity? SIX FACTORS
-- Positive outlook – what is your self-talk when circumstances do not go your way? Are you highly self-critical or do you find the positive element? Faster, Better, Smarter by Charles Duhigg…poker player. Learning your opponent's patterns and trends, not being concerned about losing a hand but focused on winning the championship.
-- Spirituality – What are the values and standards that guide your behavior? What is your purpose for this year? VADM Scott discussed his purpose for serving. What is your vision for this year?
-- Active coping – not reacting to the demands but approaching the demands with the questions” How can I adapt, adjust? What can I learn? How can I learn a different way?
-- Self-confidence – what experiences, both successes and failures can we adapt to our current situation?
-- Learning and making meaning – How can we make sense of what we are learning? How can we integrate and synthesize the present, as related to past experiences, in preparation for the future?
-- Acceptance of limits – we can’t do it all. Dirty Harry – “A man’s gotta know his limitations.” Pace ourselves.
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3. Exercise Your Spiritual Dimension
INSTALLATATION
Maintain your personal practices with your Family and Community
Pray and/or meditate; rely on God or a higher power
Use your value system as a guide for decisions
Exercise for Ethical and Moral Development – model, dilemma discussion and debate, role-taking
NDU Events
Daily Muslim Prayer – Lincoln Hall, Room 2320
Fort McNair Weekly Bible Study – Mondays, Bldg 48, 1200
NDU Christian Fellowship – Tuesdays, Eisenhower Hall, Room 126, 0700; AY 20 study Servant Leadership
Volunteer Submission for a Weekly Spiritual Connector
Integration of Spiritual Values with Leadership & Public Service
Respect all traditions – What do you have that speaks to all?
PRESENTERS NAME
DATE
Maintain practices.
Pray/meditate
Rely on God
Value system – If you have never written a personal mission, vision, and value statement, maybe now is a good time to do so.
OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE FOR FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION?
Weekly Connector.

4. Research on Moral Judgement Religious Support Points of Contact
Research on Toxic Leadership
Purpose: to collect your experiences of serving under abusive supervisors IOT identify patterns of behavior and their effects on targets.
Face-to-face, anonymous, recorded interview NTE 90 minutes.
Research on Moral Judgement
Purpose: to identify patterns of moral development and judgement
Completion of Defining Issues Test of five ethical dilemmas; < 45 minutes.
Religious Support Points of Contact
Blind men and the elephant.
Everyone has something to learn. Everyone has something to teach.
Garrison Chaplain, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Duty hours: /6635
On Call Duty Chaplain:
Chaplain (COL) Kenneth Williams, Senior Military Fellow, Department of Ethics, Marshall Hall, Room 314K; Eisenhower School Room 381, ;