120. Forming Leadership Resilience, with Tod Bolsinger, Executive Director of the Church Leadership Institute

Spiritual Life and Leadership

Leadership resilience is about maintaining one's core purpose and identity while the world changes around us. It is especially important for those of us in ministry leadership as we navigate this rapidly changing and disruptive world in which we live.
In this episode, Tod Bolsinger discusses three things we can do to grow our leadership resilience.
THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

• Tod Bolsinger is the Executive Director of the Church Leadership Institute and author of Tempered Resilience.
• According to David Whyte, “The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness.” (Crossing the Unknown Sea)
• We are facing four crises at once: a health crisis, an economic crisis, a crisis of social injustice, and a political crisis.
• We are also facing a pastoral crisis. Many pastors are considering leaving the ministry.
• According to Andrew Zolli, resilience is the capacity to “maintain core purpose and integrity in the face of dramatically changed circumstances.” (Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back)
• Strengthen your pastoral and leadership resilience by doing three things:
  • Clarify your “core purpose.”
  • Commit to a safe place for vulnerable self-reflection.
  • Create a playful experiment for even more learning.
• Purpose brings leadership resilience.
• Learning brings leadership resilience.
• Adaptability brings leadership resilience.

RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:

• Church Leadership Institute
• Books Mentioned:
  • Tempered Resilience by Tod Bolsinger
  • Crossing the Unknown Sea by David Whyte
  • Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back by Andrew Zolli
• Related episodes:
  • Ep 16: Canoeing the Mountains, with Tod Bolsinger
  • Ep 83: Disorientation and Spiritual Leadership, with Tod Bolsinger
  • Ep 100: The Spiritual Life of a Leader, with Tod Bolsinger
  • Ep 108: Leadership as Learning, Part 1: Context and Creativity, with Tod Bolsinger
  • Ep 109: Leadership as Learning, Part 2: Coaches and Cohorts, with Tod Bolsinger
  • Rhythms of Leadership, Ep 2: The Challenge of Leadership is Emotional, with Tod Bolsinger

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