Resilient Leadership Master Class
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Lowering the Voltage: What Dogs, Vets, and Leaders Know About Anxiety
Being a Step-Down Transformer isn’t about suppressing emotion, or fixing others, it’s about regulating yourself well enough that you don’t unknowingly escalate existing stress.
Standing Steady: How to Lead with Conviction
At its best, leadership conviction shows up as clarity, courage, and a willingness to take action even when outcomes are uncertain.
Cultivating & Calibrating Connection
At its best, a healthy leadership looks: responsive, energized, and still self-possessed. At its worst, conviction can harden.
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.
The Fine Line Between Conviction and Stubbornness
Without calm as our foundation, we become like emotional corks tossed about on a turbulent sea – reactive rather than responsive, at the mercy of circumstances rather than in command of our choices.
Seeing the Whole: How Leaders Practice Systems Thinking
Like metallurgists ensuring the proper balance of chromium, nickel, and iron, leaders must notice not just the major crises but also the nuance of subtle shifts that signal the organization’s balance is changing.
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.
Weekly Insights, Viewpoints, & Resources
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Chronic Anxiety and the Lizard Brain
Chronic anxiety is always with us. Anxiety is not, in and of itself, either good or bad. It is a largely an unconscious state of mind that has its origin in the oldest part of the brain, sometimes called our “Lizard Brain.”
Resilient Leadership = “The 3 C’s”
Resilient leaders understand that high levels of chronic anxiety mitigate against an organization’s ability to be nimble, innovative, and resilient.
Presence is Based on Self-Awareness
Many of us live the frequent changes in life without without witnessing them. Being present is a choice, a practice, and it requires effort.
Are You Calm, Connected, and Staying on Course?
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.)
Self-Differentiation and Resilient Leadership
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.)
I Grew Up A Little “Under the Radar”
One of the assumptions that I had always made was that the more knowledge and life experience I gained, the more comfortable I would be leading others. I have since learned that this isn’t necessarily the case. I experienced that knowledge, responsibility, and even age can actually increase anxiety.
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A Leader’s Presence is Contagious!
I had observed success in others who had specific skills in marketing, strategic thinking, financial acumen, or operational savvy, and some who just plain outworked everyone else. None of those attributes applied to me! Yet my continued success has been recognized and rewarded, moving me up the ladder of success during my entire career.