b'PerspectiveLeaders who pay attention to their personal health have clarity and honesty about who they are and what they can accomplish.Being GroundedBob Rosen experiences, emotions, and thoughts that define who one is as a person and a leader. Rather than examining only Confronted by disruptions such as the pandemic, many ofperformance outcome metrics, grounded leaders focus on todays leaders find themselves ill equipped to manage thethe question Who are you? Effective leadership requires hazards they now face. The gale force winds of change adda deep, holistic approach to personal and organizational layers of uncertainty and frustration, but they also underscoreexcellence. The bottom line is that leadership is personal, the need for effective leaders to be grounded. and who we are is a function of how were grounded.Bob Rosen, author of GROUNDED: How Leaders StayWhen people focus on the roots of who they are, they are Rooted in an Uncertain World, joined me on The Businessbetter able to align their personal emotions and thoughts of Government Hour to explain the importance of being awith their behaviors. Leaders who pay attention to and grounded leader. develop the roots of their personal health have clarity and honesty about who they are and what they can accomplish. Using the metaphor of a large oak tree, Rosen posits thatThe result is a leadership that is highly personal, deeply the only way a leader can withstand the winds of changegrounded, and strong enough to handle the pressures of is by relying on their healthy roots. The roots of the treerelentless change.represent what is inside a leader in terms of values, beliefs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvXNCdX0Fx4&t=4s2022 IBM Center for The Business of Government 61'