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In our conversation with Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory, he talks with us about how to lead when you don’t know what to do. He quotes a pastor who told him, “I think I can learn adaptive change but I’m not sure I can survive it.” In this episode, Dr. Bolsinger reminds us that we can grow our leadership resilience through reflection, relationships and a rule of life.

Conversation Overview:

• The challenges of 2020: 1918, 1929 and 1968 all at the same time • Managing your anxiety about leadership and enter into a learning process • Lead through loss • Learning from people on the margins • Growing resilience when you face a mountain of despair • Tempered steel as an example of being forged for resilience and effectiveness • Accepting that not everyone will come with us when we lead • Resilience comes when we are able to ground ourselves in something other than our own success as leaders • Leading in exile • Looking and Listening: Listening as attunement; Looking from the balcony

Resources:

For more from Tod Bolsinger, text UNCHARTED to 66866 and connect to his resources.

• Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
• Leadership for a Time of Pandemic

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