“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.” – Daniel Goleman Effective adaptive leaders are continually working … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: The Leader’s Care
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Adaptive Leaders: Empathy
When connecting to other people, effective adaptive leaders will not only express accurate empathy, but will let that empathy lead them into the conversation. To understand how to lead with empathy, we must first understand empathy - what it is and what ti is not. Empathy. A core feature of emotional intelligence (unpacked in a … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: Empathy
Adaptive Leaders: Self-awareness
"As a man thinks within himself, so he is." - King Solomon “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”- Winston Churchill Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's great book, “The Leadership Challenge,” makes the case for leadership as a learnable skill set. Their point is that … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: Self-awareness
Adaptive Leaders: The People
“Never underestimate change. What seems simple at the top is magnified at lower echelons and is extremely disruptive. It is a festering crisis that needs attention from senior management or else loyalty, efficiency, and productivity will suffer.” - Wheeler L. Baker The quote above is true; what seems like a simple challenge, a straight-forward change, … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: The People
Adaptive Leadership: Relational and Influential
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu Leadership is about people, and the focus of the effective leader is in large part the people who are being led and the beneficiaries of the enterprise that … Continue reading Adaptive Leadership: Relational and Influential
Adaptive Leaders: Growth is the Evidence of Life
“Ceaseless change is the only constant thing in nature.” John Candee Dean Change happens. Change comes upon us personally in various forms. It may be surprising and good. Change is often unexpected, and for many, unwelcomed. It may be uncomfortable for us, leading to disequilibrium. Change is often perceived as loss. Yet change is also … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: Growth is the Evidence of Life
Effective Adaptive Leadership
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.“ — John Quincy Adams If you are seeking to make your leadership effective even in the face of adaptive challenges, the following few posts will identify key factors you can apply to your own leadership development. … Continue reading Effective Adaptive Leadership
Tools for Tough Times: Get Out(side)!
Thank you for taking a break from your hectic schedule to read the "Tools for Tough Times" blog. May you find strength, refreshment and courage in it for the day! The winter has been amazing with its surprising amount of moisture. Even though it is a La Nina year, so much of the country … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Get Out(side)!
Tools for Tough Times: Gratitude
Today’s tool for tough times is gratitude. We all need to be reminded to express gratitude daily, for it is one of the healthiest actions we can do. Gratitude is like a health food; it does us no good if we never do something with it! We know that grateful people who express heartfelt gratitude … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Gratitude
Tools for Tough Times: Mindfulness
Today, remember that you are strong, competent, and fulfilling a vital role in the chain of life for the people you are serving. To help you stay strong in the storms that accompany your mission, check out these ideas on the simple practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness meditation supports healthy responding and well-being even in stressful … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Mindfulness
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