Resilient Leadership

Bridgette Theurer & Irvine Nugent, Ph.D.

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!

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102 episodes
Updated May 5

Episodes102

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May 13, 2025 · 23 min
Ep 81: Avoid The Empathy Trap
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will explore the benefits and potential pitfalls of empathy for leaders. Tune in to hear how you can avoid the empathy trap and hold others accountable while still connecting powerfully with them.
Apr 29, 2025 · 32 min
Ep 80: The Art of Giving and Receiving Tough Feedback
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will discuss the essential ingredients for giving tough feedback that others can hear, and how to receive tough feedback so that we can learn and grow from it.
Apr 15, 2025 · 35 min
Ep. 79 Creativity: The Key to Successful Teams
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will explore creativity as the key to successful teams with their guest. Dr. Amy Climer.
Apr 1, 2025 · 22 min
Ep 78: ReFraming – A Tool for Generating New Possibilities
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will explore what reframing is, how it works and what we can do to reframe our own challenges and our team’s challenges, so that we can move forward in new and more productive ways
Mar 18, 2025 · 23 min
Ep 77: Curiosity – The Key To Successful Leadership
In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will explore curiosity as the key to successful leadership and how leaders can embody curiosity.
Mar 4, 2025 · 22 min
Ep 76: Profiles in Courage
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the virtue of courage and how it is embodied in three leaders.
Feb 18, 2025 · 22 min
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 5, 2025 · 27 min
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.
Jan 21, 2025 · 34 min
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.
Dec 31, 2024 · 29 min
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 17, 2024 · 30 min
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.
Nov 26, 2024 · 29 min
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 12, 2024 · 30 min
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.
Oct 15, 2024 · 31 min
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 1, 2024 · 31 min
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.
Jul 31, 2024 · 27 min
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 17, 2024 · 28 min
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 2, 2024 · 32 min
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.
Jun 18, 2024 · 33 min
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 4, 2024 · 34 min
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

Resilient Leadership

Ep 81: Avoid The Empathy Trap

Ep 80: The Art of Giving and Receiving Tough Feedback

Ep. 79 Creativity: The Key to Successful Teams

Ep 78: ReFraming – A Tool for Generating New Possibilities

Ep 77: Curiosity – The Key To Successful Leadership

Ep 76: Profiles in Courage

Ep 75: Bursting the Leadership Bubble

Ep 74: Optimism: A Leadership Superpower

Ep 73: Taming our Triggers

Ep 72: Leading Through Change

Ep 71: The 6 Pitfalls That Derail Good Managers: Part 2

Ep 70: The 6 Pitfalls That Derail Good Managers: Part 1

Ep69: How do I Decide? Overcoming Hurdles to Decision Making.

Ep 68: The Gift Of Sadness: Giving Time for the Inner Work

Ep. 67: The Power of Well Differentiated Leadership

Ep 66: Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself: An Interview with Kathleen Smith, Part 2

Ep 65: Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself: An Interview with Kathleen Smith, Part 1

Ep 64: Focus on Your Own Functioning: A Systems Perspective on Leadership

Ep 63: Three Imperatives For Leading Well In Disruptive Times

Ep 62: The Velvet Rut