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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
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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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Leading with Conviction in Times of Change
Taking bold action requires great courage, which may be in short supply when the organizational or social environment around us is one where anxiety breeds caution and strong signals to play it safe.
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Balcony Thinking: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Despite having exciting, meaningful projects to work on—wonderful big things—I’ve struggled to gain perspective.
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Take Heart: The Path to Resilience in Turbulent Times
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.
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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.
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A New Way of LEADING — Embody and Communicate a Less Anxious Presence
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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VUCA Survivors – At Least for Now
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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Be Less Anxious, Stop Avoiding People and Lead with Conviction
What had I done? I created a triangle between myself, the mom, and the cashier impatiently waiting. My anxiety kept rising because I couldn’t lower the mom’s anxiety.
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Overfunctioning and VUCA
I soon learned that the changes I had introduced had injected a significant amount of anxiety into what Friedman referred to as the family system of the church.
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Energy, Vision, and Naiveté
I soon learned that the changes I had introduced had injected a significant amount of anxiety into what Friedman referred to as the family system of the church.
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A Failure to Scale
A Failure to Scale Organizations may be able to do a successful “sprint” by asking leadership to go after short-term
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Communicating a Calm Presence
Communicating a Calm Presence Sometimes a simple change in how we communicate is all it takes to begin the process
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Reactivity, Which We Call the Public Face of Anxiety
Reactivity, Which We Call the Public Face of Anxiety The resilient leader is one who has learned to watch for
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