Resilient Leadership Archives

Apply: 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.

Feeling Overwhelmed? Stay Calm, Stay the Course, Stay Connected

Feeling Overwhelmed by Change?

A well-informed leader adeptly navigates change with thoughtfulness, minimizing resistance fueled by anxiety, and ensures a smoothly communicated transition.

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Curiosity Comes in Handy

Curiosity Comes in Handy

When encountering difficulties at work, our automatic response typically involves judgment and action. This response is unsurprising…

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On the RL Balcony

On The 2024 RL Balcony

Another year filled with many opportunities to exercise leadership—for ourselves and others—every one of the 366 days in 2024.

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3 Resilient Leadership Strategies for Navigating Disruptive Change

3 Resilient Leadership Strategies for Navigating Disruptive Change

VUCA affects our workplace, our relationships, and even our expectations for the future. Every day, we encounter a VUCA state of unease.

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Turtles

Don’t Steal the Struggle

“Whew life starts out so hard!” I asked her if they ever helped these turtles during this first part of their life.

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POTM

VUCA + P

More and more, we add to VUCA the reality of Polarization—a sad but expanding spread of extremism —a divisive way of thinking and acting.

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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

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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