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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.

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

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.

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.

In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what it means to be an effective advocate for yourself at work and in life.

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. 

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.

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.

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.  

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.  

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?

In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how we can reverse engineer more rewarding workplaces and in turn increase employee retention.

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.  

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.  

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.  

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? 

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.  

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.

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

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.