The Fourth R for Leaders - Resilience

About the Session

Business leaders are confronted with successive new challenges whichhave not been encountered before. These include broad-range macroeconomic crises, trade wars, pandemics such as Covid-19, rapidrise of new digital and artificial intelligence type technologies, deep demographic shifts.

In the turbulent, volatile and unpredictable world we live in today, this research – conducted over seven years – blends deep psychological literature on Resilience with the practitioner’s mindset. The purpose of this study is to help leaders and aspiring leaders learn the processes involved in weathering adversities and the ‘methods’ used by successful leaders to respond resiliently to them.

Resilience will become as fundamental a need as the traditional three Rs (Read, wRite and aRithmetic). Resilient leaders are more effective and have a greater positive impact on their organizations because of their ability to withstand and persevere during trying times. Learning the principles and disciplines of Resilience are crucial for leaders to be highly effective and lead their organizations to deliver high performance and success.