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How do you lead a team through a disaster when you're personally affected by the same crisis?

Join us for the first episodes in a new series: Crisis Leadership--Resilience in High Stakes Environments. To begin the series, we sit down with Jolie Wills, CEO and co-founder of Hummingly, who shares her invaluable insights drawn from her frontline experience during the Christchurch earthquakes. We discuss the triple challenge of supporting individuals, teams, and organizations under immense pressure and how understanding these layers is crucial for sustaining mission-driven efforts. Through her research and real-life lessons, Jolie reveals strategies that prevent burnout and maintain well-being and performance during prolonged crises.

We examine the nuances of pressure and leadership dynamics, recognizing stress responses within a team, and the necessity of tailored support strategies. We also look into the systemic issues that contribute to burnout and how leaders can address avoidable stressors to foster a more resilient work environment. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to build resilient, compassionate, and engaged crisis-ready teams.

Jolie is the cofounder and CEO-Americas of Hummingly, which provides tools and workshops to help people perform under pressure. She has studied how the mind works under prolonged pressure, how we make decisions, and how our reactions and behaviors are impacted by stress. She gained her knowledge in real disasters and crisis situations--she is a survivor of the Christchurch earthquakes and has lived disaster recovery first-hand with her family.

Connect with Jolie on LinkedIn. And learn more about Hummingly on LinkedIn or on their website Hummingly.co. 

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