{"id":3851,"date":"2014-05-19T21:03:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T02:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2014-05-19T21:03:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T02:03:01","slug":"what-to-do-when-your-leadership-has-been-rattled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/19\/what-to-do-when-your-leadership-has-been-rattled\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do When Your Leadership Has Been Rattled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever been rattled as a leader?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sure you have.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s happened each time a project failed miserably.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s happened each time you received a stinging criticism.<\/p>\n

No leader is immune to having their confidence shaken. And when it happens, depending how hard you\u2019ve been rattled, it can cause you to begin second-guessing your leadership. Decisions can become more difficult. You begin to feel unsure of yourself.<\/p>\n

How do you get your leadership confidence back?<\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve been rattled as a leader and you need to regain your confidence, there are four places you need to go back to.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 <\/strong>You need to back to your inner circle<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his classic book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership<\/em>, John Maxwell writes about the Law of the Inner Circle. He adds, \u201cA leader\u2019s potential is determined by those closest to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your inner circle are the ones best able to help you process your setback, and best able to help you rebuild your leadership confidence.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 <\/strong>You need to go back to your \u201ccall\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remind yourself about how you first recognized that you had a leadership gift, and about how it was you were called into your current role.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 <\/strong>You need to go back to your \u201cwins\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not the same as feeding your ego. But it is important that you can draw to mind examples of times and places where your leadership has made a difference in the lives of people, or in the direction of the organization.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 <\/strong>You need to go back to your identity<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWho you are\u201d is not defined by your latest setback.<\/p>\n

For me, my identity is firmly rooted in who I am in Christ.<\/p>\n

Know who you really <\/em>are, and remind yourself of this the next time you\u2019ve been rattled.<\/p>\n

The kind of confidence you need to lead well is not the same as arrogance. It\u2019s an inner resolve that is usually found in authentically humble leaders.<\/p>\n

If yours has been rattled, try heading back to these four places.<\/p>\n

You could be \u201cun-rattled\u201d before you know it.<\/p>\n

How do you respond when your leadership has been rattled?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ever been rattled as a leader? Sure you have. It\u2019s happened each time a project failed miserably. It\u2019s happened each time you received a stinging criticism. No leader is immune to having their confidence shaken. And when it happens, depending how hard you\u2019ve been rattled, it can cause you to begin second-guessing your leadership. Decisions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,738,440,478,7,581],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-effectiveness-2","category-failing","category-featured","category-leadership","category-self-assessment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3851"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3856,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851\/revisions\/3856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}