Thread by @Dr_ChrisHobbs

A 🧵 for leaders that are struggling / losing right now. I HOPE IT ENCOURAGES A LEADER TO KEEP GOING! It’s the tweet-version of my talk, Struggling Successfully: How to lead well while losing.
*If you’ve never led through losing, keep leading. You will. #successfulStruggle
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Leading well while losing is only for leaders with STRONG character bc losing tests commitment to purpose and people more than it tests your skills & intelligence. #successfulStruggle 2/10

Leading well while losing is ACTUALLY the path to proving the value of your purpose. MLKJr, Ghandi, and Mother Theresa did their most important work WHILE it appeared they were losing! #successfulStruggle 3/10

Leading well while losing can be a catalyst to greater ‘winning’ than was possible any other way. Leading well while losing has a MASSIVE ROI. #successfulStruggle 4/10

Here are 6 ‘dont’s & do’s’ of leading well while losing. Admiral Jim Stockdale said POWs did NOT survive Vietnamese camps if they were optimistic (we will be released in 30 days). Survival should be grounded on hope (this will eventually work out) #successfulStruggle 5/10

Weathermen just reflect what the weather is around them.

Don’t.

Be the weather for your group. Bring warmth and energy daily for the task ahead. Smile. Hug. High five. Show up early. Stay late. Be. The. Weather. #successfulStruggle 6/10

Your team is losing. No need to focus on your failure. Instead focus on the failure of groups that eventually succeeded. MJ’s eventual triumph over the Bad Boys! #goat
Scott Frost went 0-12 to 15-0 at UCF in 1 season w 50 returners. Study them & others. #successfulStruggle 7/10

YET is a hope-filled word that fuels persistence. Wooden went 16 seasons at UCLA before first natty. My friend, Coach OConnell of @GoSAScots , went 34 seasons before 1st state chip. Use ‘yet’ to keep going. ‘Persistence is omnipotent’ - Calvin Coolidge. #successfulStruggle 8/10

My friend & @nfhs state 🏈 coach of the year @coachkeithallen focuses his groups on ‘tough people win’ EVERY YEAR. #TPW

PJ Fleck champions ‘row the boat’

An extreme focus on purpose-mantra-mission powers groups through the problems of losing. #successfulStruggle 9/10

The longer you persist the more groups believe in the purpose.
Churchill urged Great Britain to NEVER give in 11x in 1 speech. @UKCoachCalipari tells his players NEVER let go of the rope.

Leading when losing requires biting down & refusing to let go #successfulStruggle 10/10