Resilient Leadership Master Class
Check in on our Resilient Leadership Master Class 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 encircle everything we do. Visit this page often or subscribe below for automatic updates sent to your email.
Lowering the Voltage: What Dogs, Vets, and Leaders Know About Anxiety
One of the most memorable concepts in Resilient Leadership is that of being a step-down transformer: cultivating the capacity to remain less anxious than those around you so that emotional intensity can diminish rather than escalate. Clients often tell me this is the idea they reach for first in moments of strain – at work, at home, and everywhere in between. My introduction to this concept didn’t come from Resilient Leadership, however. I first learned about it many years ago from my veterinarian.
Standing Steady: How to Lead with Conviction
Lead with conviction. It’s a simple phrase, but it requires deep practice. At its best, leadership conviction shows up as clarity, courage, and a willingness to take action even when outcomes are uncertain and criticism is possible. It invites leaders to take a stand and to move forward without waiting for perfect conditions.
Cultivating & Calibrating Connection
Watching Alysa Liu perform her Olympic free skate, which earned her a gold medal, I noticed something beyond her technical brilliance. The arena was electric; the audience’s response was overwhelming – just watching from my couch, far from Milan, I felt caught up in the excitement and enthusiasm.
Balancing the Seesaw: Overfunctioning, Underfunctioning, and the Work In Between
Overfunctioning and underfunctioning, forms of anxiety-driven reactivity, are frequent topics in Resilient Leadership coaching. They exist in a reciprocal dynamic, like a seesaw: when one appears…
Transforming Triangles
After spending over two hours with a technical expert to troubleshoot issues with my cell phone, I ended up driving home with no resolution and a factory-reset phone that I would have to manually restore. On my silent, disconnected drive home without navigation or tunes…
The Patterns That Persist
Imagine someone who never moved on from the worst day of their life. She still wears the dress from that day. The table is still set. The once-white cake, now yellowed beneath layers of cobwebs, still sits where it was left. Time moved forward. She didn’t.
RL Practice of the Month
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.
Finding Calm in the Moment
Standing outside the room, I leaned on what I’ve learned about managing stress to keep my anxious energy from entering the session with me.
True Resilience is Regenerative sent
“This story from a client is not uncommon. In situations like Joan’s, the old maxim “Fake it ‘til you make it” might feel necessary. Inauthenticity aside, it can be useful in the short-term by helping us show courage before we feel it or maintain composure while under pressure.”
A “Tactical Pause,” or an “SBF” to Focus Our Anxious Brain
As practitioners of Resilient Leadership, we employ several techniques to understand and manage chronic anxiety.
Anxiety’s Kryptonite? Curiosity!
Uncertainty, which brings unknowns and attendant fears, easily sparks anxiety which then triggers us to begin worrying.
Systems Thinking: What Does Anxiety Look Like in an Organization?
In Resilient Leadership, both over-functioning and under-functiods of a seesaw—neither is desirable, and neither is sustainable
Over-Functioning and Under-Functioning: Two-sides of the same coin
In Resilient Leadership, both over-functioning and under-functiods of a seesaw—neither is desirable, and neither is sustainable
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Setting the Climate: How a Leader’s Mood Shapes the Whole Team
A leader’s mood shapes the emotional climate of a team, and climate shapes results. What the research says, and how Bowen Theory helps leaders steady themselves.
Above and Below the Waterline
You can think of the emotional system as the weather inside an organization. On calm days, people think clearly, share information freely, and take sensible risks. When anxiety rises, the weather changes. Thinking narrows, people protect their turf, and conversations that should take ten minutes stretch into an hour.
Minding the Empathy Trap
It’s unlikely to find someone willing to argue that empathy is not a good thing. In fact, from a professional perspective, it’s often touted as one of the most important qualities for leadership. Leaders who can understand and connect with the experiences of others are more able to build…
The Patterns That Persist
Imagine someone who never moved on from the worst day of their life. She still wears the dress from that day. The table is still set. The once-white cake, now yellowed beneath layers of cobwebs, still sits where it was left. Time moved forward. She didn’t.
Transforming Triangles
After spending over two hours with a technical expert to troubleshoot issues with my cell phone, I ended up driving home with no resolution and a factory-reset phone that I would have to manually restore. On my silent, disconnected drive home without navigation or tunes…
Balancing the Seesaw: Overfunctioning, Underfunctioning, and the Work In Between
Overfunctioning and underfunctioning, forms of anxiety-driven reactivity, are frequent topics in Resilient Leadership coaching. They exist in a reciprocal dynamic, like a seesaw: when one appears…
Cultivating & Calibrating Connection
Watching Alysa Liu perform her Olympic free skate, which earned her a gold medal, I noticed something beyond her technical brilliance. The arena was electric; the audience’s response was overwhelming – just watching from my couch, far from Milan, I felt caught up in the excitement and enthusiasm.
They Won’t Remember Your Strategy, But They’ll Never Forget Your Calm.
At its best, leadership conviction shows up as clarity, courage, and a willingness to take action even when outcomes are uncertain.