When Leadership Matters Vol 2 2025 New - Flipbook - Page 51
When Leadership Matters
However, despite possessing these key elements of
leadership, leaders will face tests and adversity. They will
be challenged, and their moral character will be brought
into question. The ability to navigate through tests is what
separates successful leaders from those who fall short.
When leaders understand that tests are par for the course,
they anticipate change, and in that anticipation, they
prepare for the unexpected. They have the proper network
of relationships and access to resources that can pull them
and their teams through difficult situations. Change is both
a resource and an opportunity; emerging and successful
leaders know how to maximize both to meet and overcome
the tests they are facing. Leaders who are tested over time
prove their staying power and their ability to get up once
knocked down. They have scars that have taught them
valuable lessons, and they are willing to employ those
lessons to ensure future success. Articulating these shortlived experiences to your team shows them that you are
just as vulnerable to setbacks as they are, but they can be
overcome. The landscape that a leader comes from does
not always describe the type of battle they will face, but
how they choose to come out of it says a great deal about
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