Here's how you can enhance your leadership effectiveness through resilience.

From a study of 17 global CEOs we observed that effective leaders cultivate resiliency practices to support emotional & psychological health. Resilience practices emerge from leader self awareness , and a sense that refreshment is needed. These practices include exercise, meditation, time with friends and family, or walks in nature, etc. Leaders who ignore self care diminish resiliency capacity. Grit is both a mindset and skill set. Leaders need more than a commitment to grit, they need an understanding of their humanity and all that humanity implies. Leaders who practice self-care model this for their team & give them permission to do the same!

1.Develop a growth mindset: Believe that your abilities can be developed through hard work and dedication. 2.Practice self-care: Take care of your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. 3.Build emotional intelligence: Recognize and manage your emotions to better navigate challenges. 4.Learn from failures: View failures as opportunities for growth and learning. 5.Focus on what you can control: Concentrate on what you can control and take action accordingly. By incorporating these strategies into your daily life, you can build resilience and enhance your leadership effectiveness.

Resilience in leadership starts with grit—the perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Focus on developing a growth mindset, believing that abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work. This mindset transforms challenges into opportunities to learn and grow rather than insurmountable obstacles. In my experience, leading cross-functional teams, I've seen how fostering grit can inspire persistence and drive success. By embodying resilience, you set a powerful example, showing your team that determination in the face of adversity is crucial for achieving long-term goals.

Reject perfection. If you don’t everything will feel like failure. Accept that not everything goes to plan. In fact very little goes to plan, and that is OK. In re-defining failure you have allowed yourself to be imperfect and suffer fewer blows. You can now face what comes next. And a final thought. If I take a hard blow I put myself in the position of a boxer on the canvass. I am going to need a moment to clear my head, and find my legs. Back on my feet, gloves up, step forward. You will need your own image. This one works for me.

Emotions and egos can be the death of true leadership. Both require a sense of self control with which leaders make their best decisions. When these two monsters go unchecked…people get hurt including the leader. Check yourself before you wreck yourself!

Emotional intelligence (EI) is crucial for effective leadership. It involves recognizing and managing your emotions and understanding others' emotions. Key aspects include self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and intrinsic motivation. Leaders with high EI build resilient teams, foster trust, and navigate challenges effectively, creating a supportive and productive work environment. Developing EI is essential for long-term success and team cohesion.

Flexibility in leadership extends beyond physical agility to encompass mental adaptability and inclusivity. It involves embracing change readily, being open to new ideas and diverse perspectives, and fostering an inclusive environment where all team members feel valued and empowered. Leaders who prioritize holistic flexibility understand the importance of broadening their networks and collaborating with diverse teams, rather than sticking solely to familiar or habitual partnerships. This approach not only enhances innovation and problem-solving but also cultivates a culture of respect and inclusiveness, where everyone's contributions are recognized and utilized to drive collective success

The goal can stay the same, but the way you get there can take many different paths. Flexibility doesn't mean you are changing your mind. It's the ability to incorporate the additional data points and lessons that come up as you move towards the final destination and execute your strategy. History has shown us many times that the 'reed is mightier than the oak in a storm' because the reed can bend and flex in high winds. To be a leader is to understand that there are many ways to get to the final destination.

Strategy is crucial for any company's success and must be flexible to adapt to market changes and economic conditions. Ignoring these changes can lead to decreased sales, as repeating the same actions won't yield different results. Adaptability is key to resilient leadership. A resilient leader believes in the power of "I can and we can," fostering confidence and success. Leaders must instill this belief in their teams, encouraging open communication and new ideas. Working towards a common goal with a positive attitude makes resilience contagious. Successful leaders embrace an open-door policy, valuing smarter individuals, which enhances creativity and drives the company's success.

Formar uma equipe diversa para que você se desafie, aceite e estimule o time a ser criativo. Um time que questiona o líder é um time que se sente seguro e sabe que destes debates sair?o decis?es mais corretas para o crescimento da empresa.

Three Cs are key here. Collaboration, Commitment and Consistency. Create an environment whereby people seek their goals through harmonious collaborations. A cooperative attitude comes from an understanding that no one is an island. We are interdependent. We need each other to deliver solutions that work for everyone. This comes with a readiness to support others when they are facing their own challenges. A good leader lives this through a commitment to this collaborative mindset and does it consistently!

As an African proverb says: "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." Resilience is the strength that will help you go far and recover during life's or work's storms. These ideas highlight the importance of investing time with the right people—those who will help you overcome adversity together. Equally important is having systems in place that reinforce your resilience plan: Have the right alarms: A wake-up call from the right resource is always helpful. Discipline is the antidote to bad days: It will strengthen your resilience plan.

Build your listening team. A diverse group of people who listen to you and help you think critically. These moments of reflection have a huge impact on slowing your pace to presence and getting clarity about your next step.

Continuous learning begins with the attitude that I could always be wrong. Continuous learning starts with the development of my own assessment categories, with consideration of wonder, but also of doubt. These are factors that were considered in ancient Greek philosophy. They are even more relevant in modern times. I always encourage my team to try out new things, to test them, and not just talk about them. Here, it is important to choose the path of small steps, to improve a little bit every day, to get one percent better every day. If it's not every day, then it's every other day, but it can be successful. And then, I establish something like continuous learning, then I don't just talk about it.

Some of the best leaders I know and feel blessed to be mentored by go out of their way to learn from others. They do this by calling up and reaching out to the best of the best in a variety of fields (definitely not sticking in their own fields when they do this outreach) and find out how certain operations happen. Take dining for example in my field of senior living. To learn the best ways, seek out the best college food programs, the best cruise line approach to food, hospital dining management, and/or casinos of Vegas. People are often willing to help, especially because you are not going to be perceived as competition.

Continuous learning is a challenge, it requires an acceptance of what we need to know or update. Continuous learning is a highly essential aspect to be considered for every leader. When a leader stays updated the team auto matically belives in the same. Not just continuous bu life long learning is the key to not just success but a way to keep ourselves engaged in the twilight hours of our career

This is so important and if you do not learn and change you are standing still and are not growing. Growth mindset and continuous learning is key to move and achieve small habits.

Continuous learning is a survival imperative for leaders (and orgqnizations). This starts from the principle that you can always be a better leader than you are and from the belief that everyone was made (by the Creator) for greatness. Help your team vision the best they could potentially be (as people and professionals), setting the highest standards for themselves and guide them how to learn and grow continuously. Every leader must take ownership for his own growth and be a champion for the growth of their teams, while allowing them to own and drive their narrative. Learning continuously helps leaders to stay abreast of ongoing developments in leadership theory and practice but also in your field of expertise, keeping you relevant

A great leader cares about the team deeply. Serving the team is a high priority. Therefore, it is easy for things to get out of balance and we can “forget” to also take care of ourself. Ask a trusted friend to help you maintain balance and check in with you specifically about your wellbeing. Obviously, you can extend the same to your friend. It is a wonderful basis for building a deeper friendship that can be very rewarding.

Self-care provides the capacity we need for resilience. That self-care includes practices such as diet, exercise, sleep, and effective handling of daily pressures. Additionally, leaders enhance their resilience by learning from past experiences, as well as staying focused on their short-listed strategic priorities, both personal and corporate. That focus enables the leader to remember his/her WHY - their purpose for being there in the first place.

An Executive MBA Alumni panel of senior leaders spoke of their health and wellbeing strategies as key to self-care and career success. All noted daily fitness routines, and nutritional awareness. Considerable research supports the importance to human performance from physiological and psychological well-being to achieving peak performance in many aspects of life. The self-esteem benefits are considerable. Finding routine activities consistent with lifestyle is important. Convenience and discipline are often key. A transformative teacher and mentor with arts training guided me on this path early in my career. It has been transformative regarding embracing change leadership, and managing challenging projects and schedules.

Self-care has various aspects. It has both a physical aspect and a psychological aspect. The physical aspect considers that without physical health, vitality, and fitness, I cannot achieve effectiveness. The psychological effect triggers my so-called reward center in the brain and ensures that I can be happy and cheerful. My suggestion is to establish so-called mini-breaks every day, which allow me to briefly withdraw, to enter into a relationship between tension and relaxation, and to continuously be productive in this context.

I am not a fan of the word 'resilience' unfortunately it has become a toxic badge of honour across industry and around the world. The rise in mental health issues and numbers of employee suicides are testament. Self care is imperative if we are to Thrive and succeed in our chosen fields. We need to put our proverbial oxygen masks on first. Ask yourself, how impactful are you at work if you are struggling and finding it hard to cope. The time for faking it until we make it is over - if covid taught humanity anything, it is this: we only have one life and it is fragile. Therefore, as workers whether employed or pursuing Entrepreneurship, we need to prioritise self care and our own wellbeing first. Then only can we help others meaningfully.

There’s nothing mentioned about being willing to admit when you’re wrong or to continuous learning. It’s fine to be resilient but don’t be stubborn and always remember that there are multiple perspectives to any problem and one of those could be the key to overcoming an issue your facing or challenge you’re working through.

Jiri Urbanec (CEO) noticed the poor state of one of the plants in the office. With him was the company’s HR Manager, whom he asked to water the plant and to ensure that it didn’t die. When the manager replied that he would find the responsible maintenance worker to take care of it, Jiri told him emphatically, “No, you’re the one who should make sure that the plant is OK.” Urbanec’s attitude is that everyone at Santo needs to be ready to step in and help when a problem arises. He wanted the HR Manager to take the initiative and, in that way, show the person who had allowed the plant to wither that even the smallest task has value and should not be overlooked. Like all great CEOs, he knows the value of encouraging people to lead by example.

One thing I want leaders to be aware off is the fact that you have ‘dumb grit’ and ‘smart grit’. Dumb grit is where you put your head down, don’t give up and keep on trying (we all have heard Einstein’s definition of stupidity). Smart grit is of course where you reflect, unlearn, relearn and maybe get it right the third, fourth or umpteenth time. Sometimes smart grit is also to know when to ‘pivot’ or simply ‘give up’, Letting things go is not a bad thing, not learning from the experience is a stupidity.

One thing I practice daily, is giving the grace I wish to receive. I’ve recently moved into a new field entirely for work and it requires me asking a lot of repetitive questions for understanding. Instead of apologizing, I simply ask for grace in my learning curve. As I continue to learn and thrive in my new leadership position, I give that same grace even without being asked because people are trying their best. And sometimes “trying” is their best that day.