We live in a world where the assumption is that leaders have to be the brilliant experts with all the right answers all the time. But with so much uncertainty, that’s just not possible. How are we to lead when we aren’t sure what to do next?

J.R. offers three questions to help navigate the uncertainty:

1.    What information are you lacking that if you had it you could make a more confident decision?
2.    What’s the next right thing to do?
3.    Use the 2 x2 decision-making matrix:
·      What’s the best thing that can happen if I do this?
·      What’s the worst thing if I do this?
·      What’s the best thing that can happen if I don’t do this?
·      What’s the worst thing if I don’t do this?

But even with us, we still aren’t sure what to next. Now what? Leaders can learn these three words: “I don’t know.”
Leaders are utilize this line when they aren’t sure what to do next: “I don’t know what to do right now, but let’s figure it out together.”
Most times, this will actually deepen trust and people’s respect level for you as the leader will go up, not down. Trust, truth-telling, vulnerability, and collaboration are much more important than faking it, pretending, or lying about it.
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Receiving feedback can be painful, awkward, vulnerable, and excruciating. Yet it can be a beautiful gift. Resilient leaders understand this. In this brief, but value-packed episode, J.R. shares why proactively seeking out feedback is crucial for resilient leaders. He also shares stories about when he went to trapeze school and how he solicits feedback from his sons who to be a better dad and from his students in his seminary courses on a weekly basis. He also gives valuable next step for how leaders can receive helpful feedback.
Here are the five questions to ask 10 friends mentioned in the podcast:

1.     Name one thing I do well without putting any effort into.

2.     What 3 words would you use to describe me?

3.     Name one area of my life where you see room for improvement. Where can I be better?

4.     If you were put in charge of the world’s resources, what would you assign me to do?

5.     What happens when I walk in a room? Good or bad, what shows up when I show up?

Also, see Sheila Heen’s book ‘Thanks for the Feedback’ for a wonderful resource on giving and receiving feedback.
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On this episode J.R. talks about how the Christian faith finds it foundation in resiliency – what he calls a theology of resilience (although it’s not as nerdy and academic as it sounds). Understanding how the nature of God and the DNA of the Christian faith are rooted in resiliency is crucial. Resilient leaders must provide new wineskins to meet the new, fermenting wine of the Holy Spirit in the new reality.
Briefly, a theology of resilience includes understanding that God’s presence moved from tabernacle to temple to Jesus to his followers. In this episode J.R. touches on these passages:

•       Numbers 9:15-23
•        1 Cor. 6:19
•        Luke 5:36-39
•        John 8
•        John 5
•        2 Cor. 4:7-10

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The late American futurist Alvin Toffler said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”
Learning isn’t a bad thing. In fact, it’s an incredibly valuable resource and posture in the life of a leader of the future. But what gets us in trouble is our refusal to engage in unlearning. Unlearning is one of the primary skills and postures resilient leaders must possess. But this is difficult, even excruciating. On this episode J.R. shares five ridiculously practical action steps you can cultivate a learning/unlearning posture — and a great resource to help in the process.

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On this episode, J.R. shares the Italian word for almond and what the tattoo on his right arm means. More specifically, this episode explores how the world is VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous), how we need to manage tensions more than fix problems, and unpack two Venn diagrams to help us manage the tensions in the days ahead.

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We are not going “back to normal” and there will be no “new normal.” Instead, we are entering - and have already begun to enter - the new reality. Why does this slight change of language matter in how resilient leaders talk and think? Because language always matters, especially for leaders.

Going back to normal looks backward and focuses on the past; thinking about a new reality helps resilient leaders look forward in order to focus on the future. To flesh it out further, J.R. talks about the now reality, the next reality, and the new reality and how resilient leaders need to practice wearing “trifocals.”

We discuss Jack Welch’s 10/10/10 framework of leadership decision-making:

• Will this matter in ten days?

• Will this matter in ten months?

• Will this matter in ten years?

• And, as kingdom leaders, it is important to add another crucial question: Will this matter in eternity?

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On this first-ever episode of The Resilient Leaders podcast, J.R. Briggs discusses:

• The three important metaphors from Praxis Labs (praxislabs.org) of a blizzard, winter, and little ice age to describe what the future may hold and why we need resiliency in our leaders more than ever before.

• The concept of the pivot and why it’s so important

• What is resiliency

• The traits of resilient leaders

• What resiliency is not

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The world has entered into a new reality where everything is shifting and no one is sure what the future will hold. How will leaders learn to navigate these uncertain times? While we cannot predict the future, what we can do is cultivate resiliency in our leadership now. Resiliency is going to become an ever-increasing competency in our world. That’s why exploring what it means to be resilient leaders is crucial in the days ahead. Join podcast host J.R. Briggs in brief, content-rich episodes released a few times a week to grow in your leadership resiliency.