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LEADING WITH AN ADVENTURER'S MINDSET
Author(s) -
Posey Amy,
Vallely Kevin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
leader to leader
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5355
pISSN - 1087-8149
DOI - 10.1002/ltl.20520
Subject(s) - mindset , adventure , spark (programming language) , sustainability , psychology , sociology , grit , management , passion , psychological resilience , public relations , engineering ethics , social psychology , political science , engineering , computer science , economics , artificial intelligence , ecology , biology , programming language , operating system
This article posits that leaders who embrace an adventurer's mindset will excel in their craft and beyond. It draws lessons on leadership from remarkable women and men profiled in the authors' new book, Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventurers. The article is built around seven lessons drawn from these leadership examples: cognitive reappraisal: a new perspective; grit: the passion to prevail; growth mindset: sitting still means going backwards; purpose: finding your spark; innovation: big dreams and big struggles; resilience: bouncing forward; and personal sustainability: building balance. Practical tips and strategies are provided within each lesson; for instance, within cognitive reappraisal: start small + practice: first, recognize and acknowledge your emotional reaction to the setback. Within growth mindset: looking for opportunities: pivoting into new adventures can spark new growth. Within personal sustainability: fueling your energies: balancing and renewing your physical, mental, emotional, and relationship energies so you have more to give as a leader. Adventurers actively seek out challenges to test themselves and to transcend the trials of everyday life, but in undertaking those adventures they unconsciously better equip themselves to deal with those very everyday trials.