How to Lead Confidently Through Change When You Don't Have All the Answers

The leaders who struggle most with change aren't those who lack skill. They're the ones who believe they're supposed to have certainty before they act.

In this article - written for CLO Lens magazine - Russell Harvey, The Resilience Coach, explores six practical areas that help leaders navigate uncertainty without losing the trust of their teams. From the neuroscience of change resistance to the daily habits that build genuine adaptability, this is resilient leadership made actionable.

Whether you're a senior leader navigating a VUCA world, or an L&D professional building the case for resilience investment, you'll find frameworks, research and real-world application here.

Resilience isn't about recovering to where you were. It's about springing forward with learning.

Read the full article.

What are your standard thought and feelings responses to change? Acceptance, excitement, concern? Something else? What does change really (honestly) mean to you?

Change Fatigue occurs when there is too little structure and direction to the changes that are happening or being implemented by and Organisation. If your people are resisting Change, then there is an opportunity to approach your change agenda differently.

Making the choice to be more adaptable makes you a more valuable employee and amore valuable member of the team. It has many positive impacts upon your Productivity. It can also make you happier!!

Professor Stephen Hawking, once said that “Intelligence is the ability to adapt” and it is a highly sought after “soft skill” that makes you more valuable to your organisation.

How will your life be better when you choose to become a more Resilient Leader? What will you have more of, that will be useful and helpful for you? A key benefit is an Optimistic mindset which enables Leaders to be genuinely hopeful about overcoming their challenges.

In this article I outline 5 tips to enabling and implementing change in your organisation and for goodness sake, please call out and highlight when people are actually doing the change you want and need!

I have been talking about Optimism a lot recently so I though I would share a few tips on how to make a start…

Empathy and Compassion are 2 of the 24 Strengths identified by @Strengthscope. We all have varying levels of natural Energy for these. However, they are both relevant and important.

Compassion is about “caring” and Empathy is about “Understanding”, read on to find out more….