Ep 36: Stop Counting The Minutes
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine discuss that it is more important to measure your energy than count minutes if you want to improve your performance and become more resilient.
Episodes
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.
See you on the next episode!
Bridgette & Irvine
Episodes
Ep 35: The Ghost Ride To Better Leadership
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how previous generations of our family influence us in our daily lives both at work and at home.
Ep 34: Learning to Tolerate the Discomfort of Others
As leaders, we sometimes have to take actions that create discomfort in our followers. Making others feel uncomfortable can create anxiety and discomfort in us, leading to what Ed Friedman called “A Failure of Nerve.” In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore why this muscle matters, what it makes possible for us, and how we can strengthen it in ourselves.
Ep 33: Living In A World Of Change
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore why most of us resist change and how learning to embrace it can transform our leadership and life.
Ep 32: The Goldilocks Principle: Creating a Resilient Organization That’s Just Right
Is your workplace too soft, too challenging or just right? Resilient organizations, like effective leaders, strike a purposeful balance between connection and accountability, and between comfort and challenge. Join Bridgette and Irvine to hear more about the characteristics of resilient workplaces and how you can contribute to creating one for your team. Here is the link for the free assessment we mention at the end of the podcast....
Ep 31: The Upside of Uncertainty
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore why most of us resist uncertainty and how learning to embrace it can transform our leadership and life
Ep 30: Death By Overload: How To Resuscitate Yourself
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore information overload and its impact in how we function at work and home. How can we restore sanity back to the never-ending flow of information.
Ep 29:Becoming More Resilient
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how to become more resilient in your life and become better able to manage the anxiety in the relationship systems in your life.
Ep 28: Self Advocacy
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what it means to be an effective advocate for yourself at work and in life.
Ep 27: Stepping Into Your Power
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the intersection of leadership and power and how important our body language is in activating a felt sense of power.
Ep 26: Courageous Conversations
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore three conversations that leaders often struggle with and share some strategies for facing into them with courage and conviction.
Ep 25: Courage: The Key To Successful Leadership
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the virtue of courage and how it drives behaviors that are at the core of successful leadership in today’s business environment.
Ep 24: Are You Stuck In A Toxic Triangle?
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the phenomenon of triangles – what they are, how healthy triangles differ from toxic ones and why leaders are the most triangled people in any organization.
Ep 23: Resistance and Sabotage: Signs You Might Be Doing Something Right!
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the phenomenon of resistance and sabotage -- why this is part and parcel of the leadership experience and something to expect rather than to be feared.
Ep 22: Who Are You, A Leader, Manager or Both?
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the distinction between being a leader and a manager. Is there really is such a sharp difference between them?
Ep 21: Creating Rewarding Workplaces
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how we can reverse engineer more rewarding workplaces and in turn increase employee retention.
Ep 20: The Upside of Anxiety
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the benefits of anxiety and discuss how to make this powerful physiological state work for us rather than against us.
Ep 19: The Right Kind of Optimism
Optimism is an essential ingredient of leadership, however not all forms of optimism are created equal. In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore how to get optimism right.
Ep 18: The Power Of Music To Sooth Our Anxiety
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore the power of music and it ability to evoke different emotions and pull us out of anxious moods.
Ep 17: Spirituality and Leadership: Finding Meaning at Work
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the intersection of leadership and spirituality. People are expressing more than ever a desire to find meaning in their work lives. What does it mean to be spiritual, and how does it show up behaviorally? How can we grow our spirituality?
Ep 16: The Art of Letting Go: An Essential Skill for Leadership and Life
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what makes letting go so challenging for leaders, why it is important to their success and sustainability, and what we can do to develop this underutilized yet vital muscle.
Ep 15: The Gift Of Anger: Rehabilitating A Misunderstood Emotion
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the emotion of anger. Commonly it is called a negative and dangerous emotion. However, anger is a gift that can propel us to defend our values, make lasting change, and uncover solutions.
Ep 14: The Missing Conversations of the New Normal
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what missing conversations are, how to spot them and why identifying and engaging in them is critical to a successful transition to the post-COVID world of work. Please send your questions and ideas for future episodes to resilientleadershippodcast@gmail.com
Ep 13: Once Upon A Time – Are The Stories You Are Telling Yourself Really True?
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the power of story in our lives. However, our stories when not well-formed can get us into trouble with poor decisions and regrettable actions. Powerful questions lie at the heart of helping us develop more accurate stories and more grounded assumptions.
Ep 12: Navigating Leadership Anxiety
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the nature of leadership anxiety. All leaders have some anxiety, whether they know it consciously or not. The problem isn’t the anxiety itself, but what we do with it that counts. Tune in to learn more about where leadership anxiety originates, how it impacts your behavior on the job and what you can do to better manage its impact on you and others.
Ep 11: Setting Healthy Boundaries - How to know where I end, and you begin.
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the importance of setting healthy boundaries. They focus on the art of finding a balance between not being too close and enmeshed with another person while not being too distant from them.
Ep 10: Finding Your Leadership Voice
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore some of the reasons why our leadership voice can become muted, and what we can do to turn up the volume and speak from a place of greater confidence and conviction.
Ep 9: Broken Trust: How To Put The Pieces Back Together Again
Trust enables connection and is essential. But what happens when trust is broken? Can you recover it, and if so, how do you do it?
Ep 8: Busting the Charisma Myth
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine debunk the assumption that charisma is essential to effective leadership and explore two other characteristics that are far more important to a leader’s success.
Ep 7: The Secret Sauce of Resilient Leaders: Three Ingredients of Leading Well During Disruptive Change
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the three ingredients that go into being a Resilient Leader. Whether you are a CEO, a manager, or a frontline supervisor, 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.