The Ten Permissions: A Framework for Adaptive Leadership with Jillian Reilly

About this episode

Jillian Reilly discusses the importance of giving oneself permission to adapt and lead in challenging circumstances, drawing from her experiences in Zimbabwe.

What would happen if you gave yourself permission to adapt, create, and lead differently in our disruptive world? Jillian Reilly discovered the answer while tackling the world's largest HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Amid this immense social challenge, she recognized that while she could provide tools and resources, the one thing she couldn't give people was permission, the internal authorization to change their lives. This profound insight launched her twenty-year exploration into how...

People in this episode

Host: Nancy Nouaimeh

Guest: Jillian Reilly

Topics covered

• adaptive leadership
• permission
• social change
• HIV/AIDS epidemic
• personal development

Keywords

• adaptive leadership
• permission
• HIV/AIDS
• Zimbabwe
• social change
• leadership framework

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HIV/AIDS

Places: Zimbabwe

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