Turn adversity from fearsome foe to welcome friend.Ordinary resilience is not enough to inspire teams to greatness. Effective leaders must welcome adversity and harness it for positive change that creates results. Bou

Foreword by Michael FullanPreface A Focus on Leadership Resilience Orientation to This Book Follow-UpAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction Life Is Hard Learning Resilience Sustaining Your Practice of Leadership Resilience Be a Good SoulPart I. The Exceptional Nature of Leadership ResilienceChapter 1. Bounce Forward The Outcomes of Leadership Resilience Ordinary Resilience Leadership Resilience The Requirements of Leadership: What Makes Leadership Resilience More Challenging The Stresses of Educational Leadership: Neither Rare Nor Unusual Moving on to Chapter 2: A Model of Leadership ResilienceChapter 2. A Model of Leadership Resilience The Leadership Resilience Model Key Assumptions of the Leadership Resilience Model Benefits of the Leadership Resilience Model Using the Model: A Disciplined PracticePart II. Enabling Capacities of Leadership ResilienceChapter 3. Relationships: Surround Yourself With Good Souls A Relationship Inventory How Relationships Make Us Resilient Who Are Your Wilsons? Beware of Non-Resilient Individuals Cultivating the Leadership Resilience-Enabler "Relationships" Resilience as a Social Identity Be a Good Soul Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 4. Resonance A Resonance Inventory A Force Field of Positive Energy How Resonance Enables Resilience Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 5. Renewal A Renewal Inventory How Renewal Enables Leadership Resilience Renewal, Creativity, and Problem Solving On-the-Job Renewal Cultivating Renewal to Enable Resilience Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsPart III. Leadership Resilience in ActionIntroduction to Part III: Leadership Resilience in ActionChapter 6. Stay Calm First Do Nothing Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 7. Carry On Carry On Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 8. Accept the New Reality Adjust Your Perspective Resist Nostalgia Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 9. Want Something More Want Something More Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 10. Instigate Adaptive Action Instigate Adaptive Action Defining Moments and Wise Decisions Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsChapter 11. Reflect & Celebrate Personal Reflection and Celebration Pathways to Personal and Organizational Reflection and Celebration Summary Activities and Questions for Study Groups and TeamsPart IV. Leading Organizational ResilienceChapter 12. Organizational Resilience Risks and Opportunities Becoming a Resilient Organization The Resilience Risk Rubric: A Tool to Introduce Innovative Disruption The Resilience Risk RubricChapter 13. A Final Word: Forgive Yourself Every DayAppendix: Films, Music, and Literature to Conjure Up Ideas About Leadership Resilience Films Music Literature and PoetryReferencesIndex