Episode 62 Dr Tod Bolsinger on How to Become an Adaptive Leader in an Age of Uncertainty

Dr. Tod Bollinger talks about navigating uncertainty and change using the principles of adaptive leadership taught in his books Canoeing the Mountains and Tempered Resilience: How Leaders are Formed in the Crucible of Change. 

Bio: 

Tod Bolsinger (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is a speaker, executive coach, former pastor, and author who serves as associate professor of leadership formation and senior fellow for the De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Seminary. He is the author of Tempered Resilience and Canoeing the Mountains, which was named Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in Pastoral Leadership, as well as the Christianity Today Award of Merit recipient It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian.

A frequent speaker and consultant, he serves as an executive coach for corporate, nonprofit, educational, and church organizations in transformational leadership. For seventeen years, he was the senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church in San Clemente, California, after serving for ten years at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. Tod and his wife, Beth, have two children.

Books by Tod: 

 

Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory https://amzn.to/2T8Wf0u 

Tempered Resilience: How Leaders are Formed in the Crucible of Change https://amzn.to/2TIeVV1 

It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian https://amzn.to/3wa2orI 

Books Recommended by Tod:

Ronald Heifetz The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World https://amzn.to/3pDv5Ly 

Edwin Friedman Failure of Nerve https://amzn.to/2TK6oAW 

Jonathan Sacks Lessons in Leadership. Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible https://amzn.to/3v6A48C 

Connect with Tod Bollinger:

Text “Change” to 66866 

Twitter: @todbol

De Pree Center at Fuller Seminary: Church Leadership Institute https://depree.org/church/ 

Connect with Brian Russell:

Information about Brian’s Fall 2021 book Centering Prayer: How Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life www.centeringprayerbook.com or preorder: https://amzn.to/3pDpN2E 

Twitter: @briandrussell

Instagram: @yourprofessorforlife

Coaching for Pastors: www.deepdivespirituality.com

Business and Life Coaching: www.drbrianrussellcoaching.com 

Brian Russell’s Book on the Missional Interpretation of Scripture:

(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World https://amzn.to/3qln258

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