Building Resilience with Appreciative InquiryÂ

Practice, a challenge in the morning

Hair all askew and face wrinkled from pillow foam.

Practice, a challenge in the midday

Mind running, lists maintained, calls answered.

Practice, a challenge in the day’s end

Weary bones, dram in hand.

Practice, you sly, sly teacher

JMCB 2017

CHAPTER 6

Resilience Practice:The Day to Day of Beinga Resilient Leader

We have learned in our own leadership journey that resilience is a practice. We are not universally resilient; every situation requires its own kind of resilience. At times resilience deserts us. Resilience is not a destination we can tick off our list. So we practice. We believe that we are stronger in our leadership selves through this practice. We would love to be able to say that this practice ...