Resilience: Navigating Life, Loss, and the Road to Success

by Lisa Lisson

Overview

An inspiring book for readers of Sheryl Sandberg and Arlene Dickinson
Lisa Lisson’s life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, applied her marketing degree to a position at FedEx Express Canada, and risen to become a vice president (and would ultimately become president) of the company. One night, after putting their four children to bed, her husband, Patrick, marvelled that their lives seemed perfectly happy.
Just a few hours later, everything changed.
One moment Lisa was sleeping beside Patrick, and the next, she was kneeling on the floor beside his unconscious body frantically administering CPR. Patrick had had a massive heart attack and was in a coma, and the doctors were blunt: there was no hope. But for the next two years, Lisa stood by his side and awaited a miracle, while continuing to balance life as a high-powered executive and mother of four.
Part leadership guide, part memoir of loss, and part personal empowerment primer on how to achieve your goals no matter what the universe throws at you, Resilience is an inspirational story about how to rise to the top in a man’s world, triumph over adversity, lead a fulfilling life, and live each day with purpose and gratitude.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770413986
Publisher:	ECW Press
Publication date:	10/17/2017
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	757,466
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Lisa Lisson is the president of FedEx Express Canada. She has been awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her achievements and was inducted into the Women’s Executive Network Top 100 Hall of Fame in 2015. She lives in Burlington, Ontario.

Table of Contents

chapter ONE: Defining Moment

chapter TWO: Up, Down and Everything Between

chapter THREE: “This Is Not the Way This Is Supposed to End”

chapter FOUR: Above and Beyond

chapter FIVE: Operation Miracle

chapter SIX: You’re in Charge of You

chapter SEVEN: High Hopes

chapter EIGHT: Managing Expectations

chapter NINE: Why Isn’t This Working?

chapter TEN: Deep End Here I Come

chapter ELEVEN: Letting Go

chapter TWELVE: Nowhere to Hide

chapter THIRTEEN: Finding My Happiness

Editorial Reviews

07/03/2017
Lisson’s inspiring memoir shares her hard-won insights on surviving devastating personal loss as well as on how to succeed as a woman in the corporate world. She and her husband Patrick were savoring a charmed life with their four children when a heart attack left Patrick in a coma. She held out hope for a miracle, but nine months later after exhausting all treatment options, she was left with no choice but to honor his request that his life not be artificially sustained. Beyond her account of heartbreak and healing, this memoir is also about Lisson’s career and the combination of talent, hard work, and strategy that led to her promotion to president of FedEx Canada. Lisson had humble beginnings and started work at the bottom of the corporate ladder. What set her apart from others, she writes, was her constant determination to do better, to increase her scope of knowledge, and to watch carefully and learn from others’ mistakes. Her story of breaking through the glass ceiling will inspire other women to aim higher, strategize more carefully, and reach their full potential, too. Agent: Carolyn Forde, Westwood Creative Artists (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

I loved reading Lisa’s story — it is so inspirational! With great life lessons, from her incredible positive outlook to her relentless preparation, goal setting, organization and visualization of success, there is something in here for every leader, man or woman, who wants to learn to be more effective, to meet their goals and to conquer challenges, whether personal or professional.” — Linda Hasenfratz, CEO, Linamar Corporation

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