Soar to Success January 2021

Happy New Year Leaders! I recently made the comment to a colleague, “Good leadership is good leadership whether you have to manage virtually or in person”. I will stick to that comment adding that good leadership requires adaptability to the situation you are in and the ones ahead. That has always been the case, but it is more visible and volatile right now than most of us have faced in our lives. As Marshall Goldsmith wrote, “What got you herewon’t get you there”. I would also say, “What got us here won’t get us there”. As leaders, one of the most critical skills we can have is adaptability. A book by Tod Bolsinger was recently recommended to me and the following really resonated with me: By Janet Kendall White Leading in This Crazy Time “Adapting: 1. The world in front of you is nothing like the world behind you. 2. No one is going to follow you off the map unless they trust you on the map. 3. In uncharted territory, adaptation is everything. 4. You can’t go alone, but you haven’t succeeded until you’ve survived the sabotage. 5. Everybody will be changed (especially the leader). Reorientation: If you can adapt and adventure, you can thrive. But youmust let go, learn as you go and keep going no matter what. Leadership is energizing a community of people toward their own transformation in order to accomplish a shared mission in the face of a changing world.”