Leadership is a contact sport. In the rough and tumble of life, leadership makes the difference. Excellent leadership to which we aspire integrates disciplines which ensure personal resilience, and promote resilience in others and in organizations. Resilient Leaders is part of the Resilience Trilogy by Bob Dees. If you are in charge of anything or anyone, move to a higher tier of what it means to be a resilient leader: How do I help others navigate the body slams of life? How do I help the organizations and people I lead recover from changing market conditions, tragic circumstances, perplexing dilemmas? While it is true that leaders get tired and body slammed, leaders also must bounce back, ideally even higher than before. Leaders must be resilient. That's what Resilient Leaders is all about.
This is the story of Mike Sampson, who is introduced to a powerful new understanding of leadership by Jacob Wolfe, an Executive Coach whose Resilient Leadership model draws on the revolutionary insights of Bowen Systems Theory. The reader will discover th
This book draws upon resilience research and best practices to answer the question: 'How can leaders move ahead in the face of adversity?' and aims to help leaders thrive in the face of adversity.
What type of leadership is needed in a moment that demands adaptive change? Exploring the qualities of adaptive leadership within churches and nonprofit organizations, Tod Bolsinger deftly examines both the external challenges we face and the internal resistance that holds us back, showing how leaders can become both stronger and more flexible.
Resilient School Leaders answers a fundamental question: "How can leaders move ahead in the face of adversity?" Every education leader faces difficult situations and seemingly impossible odds. Where do they find the confidence and energy to keep working for what they believe in, despite setbacks and opposition? Drawing on current research in a variety of disciplines, including performance psychology, physiology, and education, Jerry L. Patterson and Paul Kelleher first outline the three sources of resilience capacity: personal values, efficacy, and energy. Then they share the personal insights of 25 highly regarded educational leaders, including Gene Carter, Roland Barth, and Michael Fullan. These insights illustrate how leaders can increase their own resilience. Patterson and Kelleher, lifelong educators themselves, distill their research into the six strengths that enable resilient leaders to powerfully influence organizational culture: * Accurate assessment of the past and current reality * Positive views of the future * True commitment to personal values * Strong sense of personal efficacy * Wise investment of personal energy * Courage to act on convictions Premised on a belief in hope and optimism in the face of life's storms, Resilient School Leaders offers a reliable road map for navigating through the modern-day challenges in our schools. You ll come away from this book with renewed confidence in your ability to achieve your goals, no matter what obstacles you encounter along the way.
Whether on the battlefield or in the board room, the home front, or the highways of life... We are all Warriors! Resilient Warriors describes the realities of this lifelong fight, and provides relevant, enduring principles of resilience for warriors in every foxhole of life. Our military, as well as those in every other marketplace across this land, need resilience like never before. Resilient Warriors provides urgently needed information and inspiration to help us all recover from the wounds of the past, weather the storms of the present, and build resilience for the future challenges of life and liberty we will most certainly face. Author Bio: Major General Bob Dees, U.S. Army, Retired Major General Bob Dees, U.S. Army, Retired is the ideal resilient warrior to mentor us on this practical and inspirational journey. Whether as a husband, father, and grandfather... or during an ongoing career of over 40 years in the military, business, higher education, and non-profit outreach to troops and families... General Dees abundant passion, perspective, and professional insights provide timely coaching in this critical life skill of resilience. Endorsements on Behalf of Resilient Warriors America s heroes have been at war for more than a decade, selflessly defending our nation. They are the brightest and bravest of their generation. General Bob Dees knows the dangers they have faced, the sacrifices they have made and the challenges confronting their loved ones. If you know a veteran of a long ordeal, Resilient Warriors is a must read for them and for you. Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, USMC, Retired Host of War Stories on FOX News and author of the American Heroes book series A must read book for every leader and care-giver intent on providing help and hope to those recovering from combat trauma or any painful, life-changing event. I highly recommend this book to every military chaplain in the critical pastoral care they daily provide to our veterans and their families. Douglas L. Carver, Chaplain Major General, United States Army, Retired Resilient Warriors takes its readers to a safe place and profound insights, offering hope on the healing journey -- a valuable resource for each of us, providing insightful coaching around the critical psychological and spiritual quality of resilience. General Bob Dees is a Resilient Warrior and Leader himself, well qualified to inspire and mentor us around this essential characteristic for individuals, leaders, and organizations. I look forward to Resilient Leaders and Resilient Organizations, equally relevant parts of this significant Resilience Trilogy. Dr. Tim Clinton, Ed.D., President, American Assn of Christian Counselors Author of The Bible for Hope and The Popular Encyclopedia of Christian Counseling General Dees is a man of war, but more importantly a man who has the gift of putting into words the unspoken thoughts that are hidden in the hearts of our nation s warriors. His words of wisdom and spiritual truth will provide for all warriors the ability to bounce back from the battles and challenges each of us face and derive a meaning to life that others will never know. Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor, Vietnam Resilient Warriors helps families, warriors and leaders have the all important bounce. This series comprehensively looks at a tried-in-the-trenches means of achieving resilience. I appreciate General Bob Dees compassionate Biblical wisdom on this topic, and the pastoral approach he brings to areas in our lives in need of timely attention. Ellie Kay, America s Family Financial Expert (r), ABC News Financial expert, Author of 14 books including Heroes at Home: Hope and Help for American Military Familie
A simple guide to surviving and thriving in difficult situations, The Resilient Leader is the perfect tool to empower yourself and successfully lead through challenges. Everyone has encountered their own version of a Category 5 storm—whether it's the coronavirus pandemic, launching a new business, drowning in debt, enduring an emotional crisis, or actual flooding in the streets. But events that would normally incapacitate don't need to hold us back.. Christine Perakis has created seven resilience strategies that you can use to get through whatever your disruptive environment throws at you to create life and career invincibility and come through any challenge thriving. You are not meant to live at the whims of others or a negative market. It's time to take control. In the book she discusses: The 6 Barometers of Pandemic Preparedness for Small Businesses The 3 Things Senior Leaders Must Do During a Crisis Creating a "Float Plan" For Dealing with Business Disruption Evaluating and Motivating Your Team During (and After) a Disaster How to Make Crucial Decisions Before It's Too Late Creating a Communication Plan (both corporate and individual) Life may not be smooth sailing, but with strategies to build strength and personal success strategies, you can weather any storm.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has been an ultimate challenge for leadership resiliency. Resilient leaders are thoughtful and deliberate. They balance logic and emotion, ego and humility. They lead through compassionate empathy by focusing on the ‘how’, not only the ‘what’. They use their influence to drive positive change, diversity and inclusion, and create an equitable community. Most books on resilient leadership appear to focus on spirituality and tools to grow an “unshakable core of calm, strength, and happiness” or “bounce back without getting stuck in the toxic emotions of guilt, false guilt, anger, and bitterness”. These books are very similar to handbooks focusing on mental toughness and providing guides for overcoming adversity and managing negative emotions. This book, however, defines resilience as a critical competency of high-performing leaders. Leaders must cultivate resilience in themselves and foster it throughout their organizations and multidisciplinary teams in order to adapt and succeed. Resilience in Healthcare Leadership is differentiated by offering practical strategies and self-assessment instruments for identifying strengths and weaknesses and for developing and sustaining the performance of resilient leaders. The book will also focus on best practices to help build a talent pipeline and develop resilient care team leaders to effectively manage the challenges of disruptive environments. Whether senior or mid-level manager the reader will learn to apply knowledge and skills to initiate cultural change, assess strengths and weaknesses, align leadership roles with organizational goals, and position themselves to become a resilient leader. The reader will also learn how to identify message strategies consistent with stakeholders’ needs, resolve conflicts, lead multidisciplinary teams, and realize the impact of resilient leadership in influencing outcomes. Takeaways and tools are included to guide progressive learning and leadership development and build a strong succession pipeline, to help organizations become more prepared to respond to challenges facing healthcare leaders in the future.
Organizations that can adapt to change and bounce back from adversity will not only survive, they will grow during times of crisis, but it will require a special type of leadership? Resilient Leadership. The Secrets of Resilient Leadership is a truly unique guide for leaders on how to create an organizational culture of resilience that can turn adversity into opportunity.
The power of resilience within organizations and can transform an average company into a powerhouse. Yet, even in times of rapid disruptive change, there is no manual for building resilient organizations. This book is that manual.Resilience, left to individuals, will only ever be built by people in the moments that require them to dig deep and find it. The real power in building resilience before we need it, lies in what we can accomplish when our organizations become resilient. This book presents a simple framework for leaders and organizations to prepare for sustainable results in the face of rapid, disruption.The power for organizations lies in the act of methodically and collaboratively building a collective resilience framework to increase their ability to thrive in the face of complex challenges for which the answer, and often even the definition of the problem itself, may not be obvious. These challenges frequently require both the organization and the leaders within them to make trade-offs in values and loyalties. Often, an individual's resilience will 'get them through' such changes, but a more effective approach is to build organizational resilience before we need it. Building resilience involves intentional preparation to increase our ability to emerge from challenges better equipped to deal with them than we were in the past--a transformation into a stronger self. For organizations in an environment of rapid, disruptive change, there is often no 'back' to bounce to after disruption, because by the time they right themselves things have changed. This book presents a simple framework that can be applied to both individuals and organizations. It's proven and it works.Written in our 'pull no punches' style, Resilience: It's Not About Bouncing Back begins by explaining the case for resilience, how building it is not only possible, but imperative for creating successful leaders and organizations in today's rapidly changing world. The book goes on to present the our proven, proprietary LeaderShift Resilience Framework drawing on real examples and pointed exercises to deliver a down-to-earth strategy for building resilient leaders and companies. Connecting the dots between Resilience and ground-breaking work on Adaptive Leadership from Harvard's Ron Heifetz and others, we've intertwined our own wisdom gleaned from years spent tackling these issues with leaders across the globe. The result is a candid, insightful and easily absorbed template that helps organizations banish 'change fatigue' once and for all and instead be energized and elevated by disruption - one leader at a time.Spanning a combined five decades of corporate leadership positions and consulting work focused on organization restructuring and leadership development, Cynthia Barlow and Jennifer Eggers have seen thousands of organizations struggle in the face of change. They have seen it all ¬- the good and the bad - and believe that resilience is the key ingredient to building healthy, thriving leaders and organizations. Cynthia runs C3 Conversations, Inc., a boutique consulting firm out of Toronto, coaching leaders and delivering life-changing personal-growth programs for over 30 years. Jennifer runs LeaderShift Insights, a firm focused on building adaptive leadership and alignment at some of the most recognized brands in the world. She founded her firm after serving in several leadership roles for Fortune 50 companies.
