Overcoming Challenges – When Leaders Face Storms

Failure, pressure, distraction—how do you push through? Chapter 7 reveals how leaders stay resilient and manage time effectively during crises.
Which leader hasn’t faced storms? A failed project, a demotivated team, or pressure from above—these challenges can tempt you to quit. Chapter 7 of Rising Above – Mastering Success & Complete Happiness lists 8 common hurdles: losing confidence, balancing priorities, lack of focus, sustaining perseverance, fear of failure, time management, skill gaps, and health issues. For new leaders, it’s a “survival guide” to stay upright. Middle managers find ways to hold steady amid KPI stress. Senior leaders learn to rise when the organization wavers.

Coach Tường Huân doesn’t just highlight problems—she offers real solutions. For “losing confidence,” recall small wins—like when you rallied your team to meet a deadline. For “lack of focus,” eliminate distractions—turn off phone alerts, focus on one task for 30 minutes. As a middle manager with 10 emails to answer? Try it: 25 minutes of just reading and replying doubles your efficiency.

Picture this: you’re a new leader getting negative team feedback. Instead of panicking, use the book’s “sustain perseverance” approach—break goals into bits, focus on the next step (like 1-1 talks with each member). In a week, your team stabilizes and respects you more. Rising Above isn’t theory—it’s a real “lifeline.”

For senior leaders, “time management” is key. The book suggests a “priority matrix”: split tasks into urgent-important, important-not-urgent, urgent-not-important, and neither. Apply it: spend 80% of your time on important tasks (strategy, team growth), 20% on urgent ones (crises). You’ll stop drowning in trivia.

The clock story (page 274) ties in: small, steady ticks overcome big challenges. As a middle manager with a stalled project? Break it into weekly milestones—finish one step, then another; in a month, you’ll see light. New leaders build habits this way. Senior leaders guide organizations through crises.

Try it now: pick a challenge (like time scarcity) and use a book solution—set a fixed daily schedule for a week. Rising Above is your companion to weather storms—are you ready to take the helm?