How do leaders move forward without undoing what the pause clarified?

In this episode of Summit After the Storm, Bart Wilbanks explores what happens when motion returns — and why the way leaders restart often matters more than how fast they move.

After seasons of stillness, shutdowns, or forced pauses, momentum eventually comes back. Emails resume. Meetings fill the calendar. Decisions demand answers. But motion alone doesn’t mean alignment.

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This episode examines why many leaders rush the restart, how urgency quietly replaces discernment, and how clarity gained during the pause can be lost if leaders move without intention.

Drawing from lived experience on Mount Kilimanjaro, this reflection looks at moments after waiting — when progress resumes, but only through shorter steps, greater awareness, and restraint instead of force.

Anchored in Ecclesiastes 3:1 (“There is a time for everything…”), this episode reframes leadership after disruption as a matter of timing and alignment, not speed.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:
• Leadership after stillness or disruption
• Why rushing the restart recreates old patterns
• Discernment vs hesitation
• Timing, alignment, and intentional action
• How leaders protect clarity when momentum returns
• Moving forward without undoing hard-earned lessons

This episode is for leaders navigating:
restarts, transitions, uncertainty, pressure, burnout recovery, leadership timing, discernment, faith and leadership, personal growth, and seasons where speed must submit to wisdom.

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