S5E10: Leading Under Pressure

The COVID-19 crisis and the resulting financial crisis has created a lot of uncertainty for ministry and business leaders.  Every ministry has been affected, most drastically.  Nearly everyone is dealing with falling revenues, learning to manage remote teams and significant instability.  How do leaders keep their composure? Dr. Rob McKenna, the author of Composed: The Heart and Science of Leading Under Pressure, and Founder of WiLD Leaders, Inc., speak on these topics and more.

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In this episode:

• Organizations dealing with cash flow in the current crisis (02:47)
• The key developmental experiences that leaders go through (05:03)
• Research shows that the developmental moments that prepared leaders were moments of crisis (05:33)
• What is pressure? (07:59)
• Three levels of how people experience pressure: Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Environmental (09:43)
• Pressure is an invisible force that tells us something is changing (10:39)
• How do we create a whole leader? (13:15)
• How does being under pressure impact us? (16:21)
• How to show up as your best self under pressure (20:49)
• Strategy for leading under pressure: Sense of purpose (22:17)
• Strategy for leading under pressure: Focus on potential (23:32)
• Purpose and potential and how they intersect with faith  (24:26)

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Buy Rob's book: Composed: The Heart and Science of Leading Under Pressure

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