Resilience - The Path to Success
I have been blessed to work with all sorts of successful leaders. This past week I was working with academic leaders from across the United States using one of the many leadership assessments I often administer. The profile of this group was nothing special... they had their strengths and weaknesses as all groups do! It wasn't until afterward that I got to thinking in a broader sense and realized that this group had something in common with other exceptional leaders I have worked with in the past 2 years. Almost all of them scored very high in resilience = The ability to recover from a disappointment or failure! WOW.. You rarely read this in the best selling leadership books.. but I believe it may be one of the most critical skills a leader needs. Think about it.. here are some things go remember as you do:
1) Trial and Error is one the world's best learning methods!
2) Some of the best leaders failed first, but recovered to be very successful.
3) Much of who we are, we discover while facing a crisis or failure.
The measure of a man or woman can be seen in how they deal with a loss, failure, or crisis. Resilience is the pathway to success...
Posted at 03:15PM Oct 22, 2006 by mowen in General |