CEO-led Programme Arranges 4th Installment of Morning Strategizing Gathering
Bouncing Back: A Day of Leadership Resilience at the CEO Accelerator Programme
Join us for a lively recap of the CEO Accelerator Programme's 4th CEO Breakfast Retreat, themed 'Leadership Resilience: Reframe, Reinforce, Reemerge'. This premier platform for C-Suite leaders aimed toempower top brass to face adversity head-on and build resilient teams and organizations.
Navigating uncertain times calls for resilient leadership. With the business world in flux, this programme offered an opportunity for leaders to network, learn, and embrace new possibilities.
Emotional, physical, and mental well-being have taken a beating during this economic downturn. Leaders must cultivate resilience to thrive in challenging circumstances. Building resilience can help leaders adapt, maintain a positive outlook, confront uncertainties with less fear, and bounce back stronger.
This day was all about helping programme leaders fortify their resilience. Robert Bennin, Convener of the CEO Accelerator Programme and Chief Learning Strategist at Temple Advisory Limited, led the discussion on leadership resilience. According to Bennin, resilience revolves around how leaders manage their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to combat the negative impacts of stressors.
Bennin succinctly explains leadership resilience as, "Embracing your leadership purpose and emerging stronger despite the hardships encountered along the way." A resilient leader, he stresses, is one who can weather the unavoidable surprises that come with business and work life. He believes that resilience is a choice leaders can make.
Practical examples demonstrated how leaders could reframe negative situations to achieve better outcomes. The day wrapped up with the leaders practicing various resilience routines and creating a personal leadership resilience framework. The event seamlessly blended learning with fun activities.
Kristyne Twum, CEO of Kedar Health & Wellness, led the health and wellness lab for attending CEOs. She offered insights into healthy living and eating choices and urged leaders to minimize their intake of processed foods, oils, alcohol, sugar, and more. Her concluding sentiment: "Eat to live, not live to eat."
Here's what some participants had to say about their experience:
"A fantastic program filled with valuable insights. The resilience framework activity was particularly enlightening. Key takeaways included realizing I'm not alone, finding hope, and keeping innovation and resilience top-of-mind, especially during tough times."
"My best retreat yet! Hats off to the entire team. My key learning: Resilience requires personal effort, team commitment, and organizational focus."
The CEO Accelerator Programme is a carefully crafted network of high-achieving C-suite leaders. This 12-month learning journey encourages leaders to adopt a transformative leadership mindset, master their calendars, and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. The platform seeks to foster a generation of resilient leaders who will guide Africa forward. Since its inception, the programme has supported 6 cohorts, with over 45 leaders from 20 different business sectors.
The CEO Accelerator Programme's design is grounded in three key principles: Mission and Context Clarity, Practice and Reflection, and Peer Coaching and Accountability. Led by the African proverb, "If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together," this programme encourages leaders to lean on one another for shared growth and success.
- The CEO Accelerator Programme's 4th CEO Breakfast Retreat, themed 'Leadership Resilience: Reframe, Reinforce, Reemerge', aimed to empower leaders by teaching them how to face adversity and build resilient teams and organizations.
- Building resilience is crucial for leaders in today's uncertain business world, as it helps them adapt, maintain a positive outlook, confront uncertainties with less fear, and bounce back stronger.
- Robert Bennin, Convener of the CEO Accelerator Programme and Chief Learning Strategist at Temple Advisory Limited, discussed leadership resilience as the ability to manage thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to combat the negative impacts of stressors.
- Participants of the program praised its emphasis on resilience, highlighting the enlightening resilience framework activity, the sense of community, and the importance of maintaining hope and innovation during tough times.
