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Check in on practices that will help you keep Resilient Leadership top of mind. Learn how to “SEE”, “THINK” and “LEAD” in the world of emotional systems that encircles everything we do. Visit this page often or subscribe below for automatic updates sent to your e-mail.
The Baggage We Carry
When we travel, we decide what items to pack based on the journey. Physical luggage is finite: it has a set size and a defined capacity.
Read MoreBuild Your Listening Mojo
There is so much that calls for our attention: Information is flooding our inboxes and our social media, not to mention the steady flow of communications from professional colleagues and from our inner circles of family and friends.
Read MoreA Sturdy Family Root System
He provided great strength for our family root system, and his influence touched each family member in a different, yet impactful way.
Read MoreMiddle Managers – the “Unsung Heroes of Our Age”
Managing the performance of others can be a source of chronic anxiety at any level of leadership. Those in the position of Middle Manager often feel they are stuck between “a rock and a hard place.”
Read MoreThe Butterfly – The Danger of Helping Too Much
If you are overfunctioning in your leadership role, there is underfunctioning somewhere in the system you lead.
Read MoreNavigating Succession: A Leader’s Journey To Successful Transition
My situation illustrates 2 of Resilient Leadership’s key principles—anxiety is contagious, and the leader’s anxiety is most contagious of all!
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What is the pathway forward from a VUCA Challenge?
The level of anxiety we face worldwide is extreme and escalating due to a confluence of many complex issues. As a leader, you are the one people look to for clear direction, encouragement, and stability.
Read MoreNavigating Resistance: A Leader’s Guide
Leaders face many situations as they attempt to lead change. Inevitably, they bump up against resistance that feels like deliberate sabotage and often struggle with how to respond.
Read MoreToxicity in the Workplace: A Conversation We Need to Have
In toxic work environments, employees experience high levels of stress, communication is limited, blame becomes the norm, and harmful attitudes and actions are rewarded.
Read MoreUsing Physical Relaxation Practices to be Less Anxious
Leaders face significant challenges as they attempt to stay connected to their dispersed colleagues while at the same time exerting a positive influence on those they lead.
Read MoreStaying Connected with a Dispersed Workforce
Leaders face significant challenges as they attempt to stay connected to their dispersed colleagues while at the same time exerting a positive influence on those they lead.
Read MoreWhat Can I Learn About My Reactivity?
What Can I Learn About My Reactivity? The positive, healthy kind that keeps us alive and flourishing and hyperreactivity that
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Read MoreVUCA – It’s Been Around for Awhile
Recently, very challenging situations have been labeled VUCA challenges highlighting that the systems-level solutions must simultaneously deal with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
Read MoreBalance the Seesaw
VUCA challenges often have immediate and long-term consequences that are far-reaching in scope. VUCA challenges are system-level challenges in that the causes, impacts, and solutions require thinking and acting from a perspective that considers both natural and manmade systems.
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