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!

Bridgette & Irvine

Listen in PodNod RSS feed Show website

102 episodes
Updated May 5

Episodes102

Newest first

May 21, 2024 · 25 min
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 7, 2024 · 29 min
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.
Apr 23, 2024 · 28 min
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 9, 2024 · 33 min
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.
Mar 26, 2024 · 31 min
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 12, 2024 · 34 min
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.
Feb 27, 2024 · 31 min
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 13, 2024 · 29 min
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.
Jan 30, 2024 · 33 min
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 17, 2024 · 31 min
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 2, 2024 · 28 min
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.
Dec 19, 2023 · 29 min
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.
Nov 28, 2023 · 24 min
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 14, 2023 · 30 min
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.
Oct 31, 2023 · 25 min
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 17, 2023 · 28 min
Ep 46: Full Bodied Leadership
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how important it is to connect with our bodies and integrate its wisdom into our leadership actions.
Oct 3, 2023 · 25 min
Ep 45: Laughing Your Way To Leadership
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how important humor can be in making a leader more effective.
Sep 19, 2023 · 24 min
Ep 44: Stop Chasing Employee Happiness; Start Focusing on Employee Engagement Instead
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explain why focusing on employee happiness is a losing proposition for leaders, while focusing on employee engagement boosts performance, productivity and retention.
Sep 5, 2023 · 28 min
Ep 43: Building Resilient Teams
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explain the four stages of team development and what is most required from a leader at each stage.
Aug 22, 2023 · 27 min
Ep 42: Managing Up
In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine focus on the critical skill of managing upwards. They discuss why it is essential to our career success and share strategies for improving our relationships with those above us in the organizational chart, whether that is a boss, a board or anyone else whom we might report to or be accountable to.

Resilient Leadership

Ep 61: The Future World of Work

Ep 60: Increasing Resilience Through Appreciative Inquiry

Ep 59: Moving Past the Imposter Syndrome

Ep 58: Making Workplace Conflict More Productive

Ep. 57: Workplace Politics Played Right

Ep. 56: Making Decisions When Everything Is Ambiguous

Ep 55: Making It Stick

Ep 54: Making Room For Gen Z

Ep 53: The Art and Science of Failing Forward

Ep 52: How Well Do You Know Your Emotions?

Ep 51: 3 Practices for Being a More Potent Communicator

Ep 50: Loneliness – A Leadership Epidemic

Ep 49: What is Your Superpower?

Ep. 48: Gratitude – A Leadership Gap

Ep 47: How Smart is Your Team?

Ep 46: Full Bodied Leadership

Ep 45: Laughing Your Way To Leadership

Ep 44: Stop Chasing Employee Happiness; Start Focusing on Employee Engagement Instead

Ep 43: Building Resilient Teams

Ep 42: Managing Up