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Systems Thinking: What Does Anxiety Look Like in an Organization?

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 and Under-Functioning - Two sides of the same coin

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

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

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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Staring at distance

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

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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Learn RL: Weekly Insights, Viewpoints, & Resources

Follow our weekly updates for insights and practices offered by our Certified RL Coaches and Trainers. Learn with and from these RL experts as they work to deepen their knowledge and practice of Resilient Leadership.

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Family Matters Really Matter

I learned a lot during this very difficult time as I watched the principles of Resilient Leadership in action.

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Understanding the Emotional System

Understanding the Emotional System

We represent a paradigm shift in how leaders can see, think, and lead in ways that are distinctively different from traditional models of leadership.

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Paradigm Shift

We represent a paradigm shift in how leaders can see, think, and lead in ways that are distinctively different from traditional models of leadership.

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Lead with Conviction

Lead with Conviction — Acting Boldly in the Face of Increasing Complexity and Escalating Change Leadership

I suddenly found myself frequently experiencing the powerful emotions of residents and team members on concerns that were important to them.

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Stay Out of Fix-it Mode

Staying Out of Fix-it Mode

I suddenly found myself frequently experiencing the powerful emotions of residents and team members on concerns that were important to them.

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Florence Brooks

Frozen on the Inside

I suddenly found myself frequently experiencing the powerful emotions of residents and team members on concerns that were important to them.

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Fear-Does-Not-Equal-Anxiety-trial

Fear Does Not Equal Anxiety

Fear is adaptive. It teaches us to be safe and avoid danger. Anxiety is maladaptive. It’s our brain being over active when we are short of actual facts.

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Is Anxiety A Bad Thing?

Is Anxiety Always A Bad Thing?

Through Resilient Leadership certification I learned more about the Rational System and the Emotional System. I learned that we are generally unaware of chronic anxiety and so we tend to just react unconsciously to it in any Emotional System (think relationships.)

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