8 LEADERSHIP IMPLICATIONS
ORGANIZING WITH A RESILIENCE MIND-SET
This famous quote from Nelson Mandela is a fitting point to open the final chapter of this book. Coming from someone who personally experienced a brutal form of adversity and hardship for a large part of his life under the South African apartheid regime — including 27 years in prison — the quote is perhaps apt. Mandela is a good example of a leader who was seen to guide change with a resilience mind-set. He has been widely credited with bringing about an end to apartheid and making democracy a reality for the whole population of South Africa.
This chapter explores leadership ...