The Resilient Leaders Podcast with J.R. Briggs

In this episode J.R. tells the story of Steve Kerr’s resilience:  after ASU fans mock him about his father’s murder, he dropped 22 points on the Sun Devils leading his team to the win. You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/sports/basketball/steve-kerr-and-david-blatt-reached-nba-finals-on-unconventional-paths.htmlJ.R. also explore how resilient leaders must pace themselves, especially as we don’t know how long this leadership race will be. Leaders must:1.    Pace themselves, imaging they are in a leadership marathon2.    Run when they can, and walk when they need – it’s okay to take breaks.3.    Look for other leaders and people to encourage. It helps to encourage you, too.***If you enjoy this podcast, can I ask you for a 45 second favor: can you leave a review? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead.For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletter Kairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggs*Resilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

The New Reality has introduced huge amounts of change in our lives and leadership. Many of us have navigated this well, but we’re tired. Really tired.We’ve talked a lot about physical hygiene the past few months, but on this episode J.R. talks about mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual hygiene practices to make sure we stay healthy. He offers these 8 practices.1.     Stay active2.     Rest well – not just sleeping, but also playing3.     Be grateful – gratitude journal4.    Engage in the "What’s in my control/not in my control?" exercise5.     Keep learning6.     Unplug regularly7.     Set small achievable goals8.     Be real (when you are not well, tell others)Link: Retired astronaut Scott Kelly (New York Times opinion piece): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/scott-kelly-coronavirus-isolation.html***If you enjoy this podcast, can we ask a 45 second favor of you? Can you leave a review for us on iTunes or Stitcher? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead. For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletterFollow J.R.Kairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggsResilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

On this episode J.R. explores the massive difference between resilient organizations and efficient organizations. They are not the same thing; in fact, they are often opposed to one another.The virus is not merely an interruption; it is a disruption and an accelerator of the future. And resilient organizations (Lyft, Uber Eats, Wikipedia, Netflix, etc.) are doing fine but efficient organizations (the airline industry, malls, AMC Theaters, etc.) are struggling and many may not make it. J.R. referenced three resources:The Starfish and the Spider (Brafman and Beckstrom)The Atlantic article: Efficiency Is Biting Back: Decades of streamlining everything made the U.S. more vulnerable. Edward Tenner: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/too-much-efficiency-hazardous-society/610843/The organization Face2Face Masks:www.face2facemasks.org***If you enjoy this podcast, can we ask a 45 second favor of you? Can you leave a review for us on iTunes or Stitcher? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead.For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletterFollow J.R.Kairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggsResilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

Leaders have a love/hate relationship with email. We can’t live with it, we can’t live without it. So how do we manage emails so we can get on to more important things like leading? On this episode J.R. shares 15 ridiculously practical and crucial email principles resilient leaders can live by.Here are the Crucial 15:Respond to every personal email you receive within 24-48 hoursEmails should be 5 sentences or less - unless you are writing to a group of people who need specific instructions. If more than 5 sentences, pick up the phone.Be clear. Be clear. Be clear.Use cc and bcc functions appropriately.Don’t do the slow drip approach to email.Eliminate notifications from your phoneDo not use ‘reply all’ unless specifically instructed to do so by the sender.Eliminate as many grammatical errors and typos as possible.Email is for information transfer, not emotional engagement.Refrain from ending an email with the line “let me know how I can help.”Effective people always add value to people’s lives. Therefore, seek to add value to others in your emails.Don’t read your email each morning until you’ve eaten three frogs.Operation Inbox Five: work to have no more than 5 emails in your inbox at any given timeUnsubscribe from all unnecessary email subscription lists.Remember: just five sentences or less.***If you enjoy this podcast, can we ask a 45 second favor of you? Can you leave a review for us on iTunes or Stitcher? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead.For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletterFollow J.R.Kairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggsResilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

We live in a world where the assumption is that leaders have to be the brilliant experts with all the right answers all the time. But with so much uncertainty, that’s just not possible. How are we to lead when we aren’t sure what to do next?J.R. offers three questions to help navigate the uncertainty:1.    What information are you lacking that if you had it you could make a more confident decision?2.    What’s the next right thing to do?3.    Use the 2 x2 decision-making matrix:·      What’s the best thing that can happen if I do this?·      What’s the worst thing if I do this?·      What’s the best thing that can happen if I don’t do this?·      What’s the worst thing if I don’t do this?But even with us, we still aren’t sure what to next. Now what? Leaders can learn these three words: “I don’t know.” Leaders are utilize this line when they aren’t sure what to do next: “I don’t know what to do right now, but let’s figure it out together.”Most times, this will actually deepen trust and people’s respect level for you as the leader will go up, not down. Trust, truth-telling, vulnerability, and collaboration are much more important than faking it, pretending, or lying about it.***If you enjoy this podcast, can I ask you for a 45 second favor: can you leave a review? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead.For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletterKairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggs*Resilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

Receiving feedback can be painful, awkward, vulnerable, and excruciating. Yet it can be a beautiful gift. Resilient leaders understand this. In this brief, but value-packed episode, J.R. shares why proactively seeking out feedback is crucial for resilient leaders. He also shares stories about when he went to trapeze school and how he solicits feedback from his sons who to be a better dad and from his students in his seminary courses on a weekly basis. He also gives valuable next step for how leaders can receive helpful feedback.Here are the five questions to ask 10 friends mentioned in the podcast:1.     Name one thing I do well without putting any effort into.2.     What 3 words would you use to describe me?3.     Name one area of my life where you see room for improvement. Where can I be better?4.     If you were put in charge of the world’s resources, what would you assign me to do?5.     What happens when I walk in a room? Good or bad, what shows up when I show up?Also, see Sheila Heen’s book ‘Thanks for the Feedback’ for a wonderful resource on giving and receiving feedback.***If you enjoy this podcast, can we ask a 45 second favor of you? Can you leave a review for us on iTunes or Stitcher? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead.For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletterFollow J.R.Kairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggsResilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

On this episode J.R. talks about how the Christian faith finds it foundation in resiliency – what he calls a theology of resilience (although it’s not as nerdy and academic as it sounds). Understanding how the nature of God and the DNA of the Christian faith are rooted in resiliency is crucial. Resilient leaders must provide new wineskins to meet the new, fermenting wine of the Holy Spirit in the new reality.Briefly, a theology of resilience includes understanding that God’s presence moved from tabernacle to temple to Jesus to his followers. In this episode J.R. touches on these passages:      Numbers 9:15-23       1 Cor. 6:19       Luke 5:36-39       John 8       John 5       2 Cor. 4:7-10***If you enjoy this podcast, can we ask a 45 second favor of you? Can you leave a review for us on iTunes or Stitcher? It would help us as we seek to equip more leaders in the days ahead.For our full list of episodes and topics, visit: https://www.kairospartnerships.org/resilient-leaders-podcastSign up for 5 Things in 5 Minutes, a resource published every other week and sent to your inbox with the 5 things every leader should know. Good news: it only takes you 5 minutes to read. It’s free. It’s easy. Sign up at www.kairospartnerships.org/newsletterFollow J.R.Kairos Partnerships: www.kairospartnerships.orgContact: www.kairospartnerships.org/contactTwitter: @jr_briggsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jrbriggs1/Instagram: @jrbri.ggsResilient Leaders is produced by Joel Limbauan at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

The late American futurist Alvin Toffler said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”Learning isn’t a bad thing. In fact, it’s an incredibly valuable resource and posture in the life of a leader of the future. But what gets us in trouble is our refusal to engage in unlearning. Unlearning is one of the primary skills and postures resilient leaders must possess. But this is difficult, even excruciating. On this episode J.R. shares five ridiculously practical action steps you can cultivate a learning/unlearning posture — and a great resource to help in the process.If this podcast adds value to you, your team, or your organization, consider (1) subscribing (2) leaving a review (3) sharing it with others and (4) staying connected with us at www.kairospartnerships.org

On this episode, J.R. shares the Italian word for almond and what the tattoo on his right arm means. More specifically, this episode explores how the world is VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous), how we need to manage tensions more than fix problems, and unpack two Venn diagrams to help us manage the tensions in the days ahead.If this podcast adds value to you, your team, or your organization, consider (1) subscribing (2) leaving a review (3) sharing it with others and (4) staying connected with us at www.kairospartnerships.org

We are not going “back to normal” and there will be no “new normal.” Instead, we are entering - and have already begun to enter - the new reality. Why does this slight change of language matter in how resilient leaders talk and think? Because language always matters, especially for leaders.Going back to normal looks backward and focuses on the past; thinking about a new reality helps resilient leaders look forward in order to focus on the future. To flesh it out further, J.R. talks about the now reality, the next reality, and the new reality and how resilient leaders need to practice wearing “trifocals.”We discuss Jack Welch’s 10/10/10 framework of leadership decision-making:Will this matter in ten days?Will this matter in ten months?Will this matter in ten years?And, as kingdom leaders, it is important to add another crucial question: Will this matter in eternity?If this podcast adds value to you, your team, or your organization, consider (1) subscribing (2) leaving a review (3) sharing it with others and (4) staying connected with us at www.kairospartnerships.org