Steven Snyder: Leadership And The Art Of Struggle

Leadership consultant, founder of Snyder Leadership Group, and author of Leadership and the Art of Struggle, Steven Snyder describes how leaders must embrace adversity and challenges to achieve their full potential as leaders. Steven Snyder points out that social mores that cause struggles to be seen as weakness cause great harm to leaders and to the organizations they lead. Steven Snyder shares an alternative approach to leadership through what he calls the struggle lens, where challenges are repositioned as positive learning opportunities. Steven offers the concept of building what he calls adaptive energy through resilience and self awareness. Steven presents the practices and exercises that will guide a leader inward toward greater self awareness and to eliminate personal blind spots. Steven Snyder teaches leaders to welcome struggle as an opportunity for learning and to develop fully as effective leaders.