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Resilience and Management

An important quality in leadership is resilience, which is essential to an organization's

long-term success. Resilient leaders can handle difficult circumstances with expertise and inspire

their people to collaborate and achieve objectives. The discussion will examine how resilience

influences management, the connection between selflessness and motivation, the association

between solid character characteristics and competence abilities, and the significance of

transparency in communicating vision and challenges.

A strong foundation for resilient leadership is created by combining selflessness,

excellent character qualities with competence abilities, and honesty in communicating goals and

challenges (Dees, 2013). These components create an atmosphere that supports development,

creativity, and a strong feeling of togetherness among team members, improving leaders'

capacity to lead during difficult circumstances. By putting these ideas into practice, resilient

leaders make sure that their companies are growing through difficulties rather than merely

surviving them, and they also provide an example of what it means to lead by example in the

contemporary world.

1) Selflessness Drives Motivation

Leadership selflessness is prioritizing the team's and the company's requirements before

one's interests (Canavesi & Minelli, 2021). This selfless mindset may significantly boost

engagement and productivity as it helps individuals feel valued and understood. When their

leaders prioritize their well-being and include them in decision-making, team members feel more

devoted and take ownership of their work.

When exhibiting resilience, selfless leaders often demonstrate that they are willing to

make personal sacrifices when it is essential for the greater good. According to Canavesi and
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Minelli (2021), this could inspire employees to exceed their normal limits and work harder to

help the company reach its goals.

1) Correlation Between High Character Traits and Competency Skills

Strong alignment between competence abilities and outstanding character attributes is

another attribute of resilient leadership. Building trust and respect requires honesty,

responsibility, empathy, and humility. These qualities provide a practical leadership framework

when coupled with critical management skills, including communication, problem-solving, and

strategic thinking (Cavaness et al., 2020).

In circumstances of moral crisis or difficulty, good leaders know how to handle things

with humility and honesty, keeping the faith and respect of those around them. Because they're

highly competent, they can handle today's workplace challenges and make good decisions. Liang

and Cao (2021) state that a leader with good communication and understanding skills can better

understand and solve the problems that everyone brings up, which makes the workplace more

incredible in diversity and success.

3)Being Transparent with Your Vision and Sharing Hardships

Resilient leadership is based on transparency. It entails being forthright and honest about

the objectives of the company, the difficulties it encounters, and the steps required to overcome

those difficulties. Through open communication about their goals and challenges, leaders can

build a closer bond with their team and ensure that each member feels invested in and vital to the

process.

With this transparency, the team is better equipped to face any obstacles along the path

and anticipated results. Familiarizing oneself with the whole of the mission aids in helping the

team foresee expectations and reduces unpleasant shocks. Dees (2013) states that "Crises shine a
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bright, penetrating light on the leader, revealing strengths and weaknesses to self and others that

were previously hidden" (p 41). Additionally, by discussing their difficulties, particularly those,

leaders humanize themselves and enable team members' ability to relate to them.

Biblical Integration

Jesus Christ's pure love is the best example of this idea that "in humility value others above

yourselves, not looking to your interests but each of you to the interests of the others"

(Philippians 2:3–4). Helping other people should come first, and this concept backs that up.

Leaders must display humility and love like Christ by helping others. This creates a respectful,

collaborative, and growing environment. Using the Bible principles in management and

resilience gives a timeless way to be a good leader based on faith and honesty.

References

Bible. (1983). Philippians 2:3-4. New International Version.

Canavesi, A., & Minelli, E. (2021). Servant leadership: A systematic literature review and

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Cavaness, K., Picchioni, A., & Fleshman, J. W. (2020). Linking emotional intelligence to

successful health care leadership: The big five model of personality. Clinics in Colon and

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Dees, R. F. (2013). Resilient leaders--the resilience trilogy (First ed., (unstated)). Creative Team

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Liang, F., & Cao, L. (2021). Linking employee resilience with organizational resilience: The

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