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Our reactions to crises

In the workshop, we created a collection of our own
reactions to the uncertainties of recent years. This
could be divided into more and less helpful

Of course, it is not always possible to clearly assign the
terms in this table. For example, making a to-do list
can be a helpful action. However, it can also be a fran-
tic attempt to bring order to my world and it would
make more sense to take time to think about my deep-
er needs. Slowing down can also be a symptom as well
as a cure.

What is really helpful?

If we go a little deeper, we encounter a whole set of
competencies that can help us navigate through
times of crisis. Competencies that, above all, can also
help us support people and organisations to solve
their upcoming problems.

Warm-Heartedness
Presence
Communication-Skills
Imagination
Ambiguity-Competence
Process-Competence
Transformation-Knowledge
Systemic-Thinking
Manifestation-Competence
Agile Leadership

We are called upon to develop an attitude that will
carry us and others well through times of crisis. Seren-
ity, inner peace, a sense of humour, joie de vivre, trust
and empathy - to name a few values that many of us
hold dear. However, when times become more hectic,
choices are narrower, and resources scarcer. When
change becomes inevitable, it becomes apparent
which forces we can actually rely on.

Thomas Diener
Berufsnavigation, Austria
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Euroguidance Insight Magazine Issue 1/2023