Ep 76: Profiles in Courage
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the virtue of courage and how it is embodied in three leaders.
Mar 04, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Resilient Leadership
The Resilient Leadership podcast is aimed at helping you lead with a greater sense of calm, clarity, and conviction even in anxious times.
Co-hosted by Bridgette and Irvine both of whom are authors, leadership coaches, and trainers.
Our mission is to offer you insights into leadership and life that you will find nowhere else. Let’s face it we are living in uncertain times and it’s not surprising we are feeling overworked and overwhelmed. Our show will offer you practical tools that you can use today and help you grow your resilience and strengthen your leadership.
Subscribe and join us every other Tuesday morning for lively stories and chat about issues impacting you today. Come away with a practical exercise and a whole of fun along the way.
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Bridgette & Irvine
Episodes
Ep 75: Bursting the Leadership Bubble
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the why leaders become insulated from feedback and what they can do about it
Feb 18, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Ep 74: Optimism: A Leadership Superpower
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the power of optimism to create a style of leadership that is inspiring and resilient.
Feb 05, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Ep 73: Taming our Triggers
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore how we can better manage our responses to the people and situations that trigger us, and gain greater equanimity in our day.
Jan 21, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Ep 72: Leading Through Change
IN this episode Irvine and Brigette explore how to manage change personally and how to lead others through change.
Dec 31, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Ep 71: The 6 Pitfalls That Derail Good Managers: Part 2
In part 1 of this episode Bridgette and Irvine explored the first three pitfalls; In part 2 they explore pitfalls 3-6 and what you can do to avoid them.
Dec 17, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Ep 70: The 6 Pitfalls That Derail Good Managers: Part 1
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore the first three of six pitfalls that even experienced managers can fall into, and what you can do to avoid them.
Nov 26, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Ep69: How do I Decide? Overcoming Hurdles to Decision Making.
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine who we go about making a decision and what gets in the way.
Nov 12, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Ep 68: The Gift Of Sadness: Giving Time for the Inner Work
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore the emotion of sadness. Commonly this is called a negative emotion. In this episode we explore how sadness is call for healing and how we can manging sadness in the workplace.
Oct 15, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Ep. 67: The Power of Well Differentiated Leadership
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore what differentiation means in the context of leadership and why this way of being leads to greater influence, sustainability and success.
Oct 01, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Ep 66: Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself: An Interview with Kathleen Smith, Part 2
In this episode Irvine and Bridgette continue their interview Kathleen Smith author of True to You!
Jul 31, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Ep 65: Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself: An Interview with Kathleen Smith, Part 1
In this episode Irvine and Bridgette interview Kathleen Smith author of True to You!
Jul 17, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Ep 64: Focus on Your Own Functioning: A Systems Perspective on Leadership
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore why focusing on our own functioning is vital to our effectiveness, what gets in the way of doing this and three powerful questions to keep our focus where it should be – on ourselves and how we’re showing up, for better or for worse.
Jul 02, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Ep 63: Three Imperatives For Leading Well In Disruptive Times
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore the three imperatives that go into being a Resilient Leader. Practicing these three things on a daily basis will enable you to stand apart from the emotional pressures of the day and influence others in extraordinary ways.
Jun 18, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Ep 62: The Velvet Rut
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what a Velvet Rut is, how it impacts individuals and companies and what we can do to get ourselves and our teams out if we’ve fallen into one
Jun 04, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Ep 61: The Future World of Work
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore 4 major trends on the future of work and how it will impact leadership.
May 21, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Ep 60: Increasing Resilience Through Appreciative Inquiry
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore why what Appreciative Inquiry is, why it is a vital leadership skill and how it can instill hope and optimism, even in the midst of very trying and difficult times.
May 07, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Ep 59: Moving Past the Imposter Syndrome
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore why the Imposter Syndrome plaques so many leaders, both new and seasoned, the upside of feeling fraudulent, and what we can do to move past it.
Apr 23, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Ep 58: Making Workplace Conflict More Productive
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how to make the inevitable conflict in the workplace less destructive and more productive.
Apr 09, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Ep. 57: Workplace Politics Played Right
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what workplace politics are, why they are not inherently bad and how being able to play politics the right way is a key leadership skill.
Mar 26, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Ep. 56: Making Decisions When Everything Is Ambiguous
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the that despite being ambiguous averse we can learn to make good decisions when everything is ambiguous.
Mar 12, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Ep 55: Making It Stick
Getting better at anything, including leadership, requires change. But how do we make changes in our lives that are lasting and sustainable? In this episode Bridgette and Irvine unpack the recipe for making changes that stick.
Feb 27, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Ep 54: Making Room For Gen Z
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the new generation in the workplace Gen Z and the importance of generational empathy to overcome tensions.
Feb 13, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Ep 53: The Art and Science of Failing Forward
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore why failure is inextricable linked to leadership, how our mindset around failing shapes our experience of it, and what “failing intelligently” looks like in action.
Jan 30, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Ep 52: How Well Do You Know Your Emotions?
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore our emotions and the invitation to get to know them better so we are enabled to have more powerful interactions.
Jan 17, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Ep 51: 3 Practices for Being a More Potent Communicator
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine share three simple yet impactful ways you can become an even more effective communicator.
Jan 02, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Ep 50: Loneliness – A Leadership Epidemic
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how the rise of loneliness is reaching alarming proportions and what we can do to combat it.
Dec 19, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Ep 49: What is Your Superpower?
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine define what a superpower is, how you identify your own superpower and ways you can harness it more fully.
Nov 28, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Ep. 48: Gratitude – A Leadership Gap
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how a practice of gratitude can change your brain and the way the lead.
Nov 14, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Ep 47: How Smart is Your Team?
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine provide listeners with a way to assess how smart their team is and the one thing they can practice to get better at facing adaptive challenges more nimbly.
Oct 31, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 47