It might help, leader, to understand a 2019 Gallup survey regarding anxiety levels. USA teams are Gold medal winners, yet again. This time, however, it’s not a Gold medal we want. You see, we are the leading Nation, according to trusted Gallup, in terms of anxiety.
This is a big why behind the catastrophic reaction of our political leaders in regard to things like Covid and the myriad ‘crisis du jour.” Most leaders appeal to the masses living in fear. So, what do we do, as BTL leaders in this situation? We think for ourselves. We make decisions and take productive action. We model the way. We rely on our strong CORE and authentic OPUS to guide us. We take precautions and listen to our leaders without cowering in fear. We are good citizens and productive rebels. We don’t mindlessly follow the mediocre middle out of fear and we course correct quickly as we learn along the current crisis highway.
We build the bridge while we walk on it. We keep working and ask God for help. We make decisions and continue to lead teams through record high gas prices, allocation nightmares, increasing inflation, higher (than recent memory) interest rates, record low inventory of houses, foreign concern upon concern, and on and on the anxiety list grows and goes. Your teams anxiety is likely growing. If you’re a leader, it’s your job to non-anxiously lead them. Leaders regulate the room. Leaders are CCC (calm, cool, collected). Are you?
Live hard. Love harder…
BUILT TO LEAD 