Resilient Leadership

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

January 20, 2026 27 mins

Avoiding conflict feels easier in the moment, but it quietly drains productivity, trust, and team morale. In this episode, Irvine and Bridgette reveal the true cost of silence — and share practical tools leaders can use to confront issues early, communicate with clarity, and restore healthier team dynamics.

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In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine unpack how leaders can stay grounded and present even when others are criticizing them, undermining their efforts, disrespecting them or reacting in a hostile or aggressive way

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In this episode, Irvine and Bridgette unpack how leaders can stay grounded and present even when they’re hurting, navigating grief, crisis, or profound personal change. Through research and real-world examples, they reveal that resilience in hard seasons comes from honest self-care, connection, and the courage to lead with humanity.

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In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore how leaders can navigate the uncertainty that comes with facing a crossroads in our career and how we can thoughtfully determine what’s next for ourselves with a renewed sense of clarity and confidence.

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In this episode, Irvine and Bridgette explore how resilient leaders keep teams connected across distance—showing that in hybrid work, it’s not control but calm, consistent presence that builds trust and belonging.

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In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what it means to be a well differentiated leader and the difference that it makes for people, teams and organizations. They define what this form of leadership looks like, the essential building blocks that are needed to embody it and share practical examples from everyday day work and life

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October 28, 2025 32 mins

In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore what it means to speak truth to power and why it is a critical skill in leadership and life.

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Leaders often feel pressured to have all the answers, but real credibility comes from how they show up when the path is unclear. In this episode, we explore how to lead with steadiness, transparency, and courage—even when certainty isn’t possible.

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September 23, 2025 26 mins

In this episode, Irvine and Bridgette explore the stigma around sadness in the workplace. Discover how leaders can respond with compassion and clarity—turning vulnerability into resilience.

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In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the power of curious questions and how asking them more often can help you to manage better and connect more deeply.

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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.   

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August 12, 2025 29 mins

In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore what constitutes a “good day” and how me can create more of them

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In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore what it means to embody our leadership values, principles and intentions and how to align the way we sit, stand and walk through our day with what matters most to us.

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In this episode Bridgette and Irvine explore the importance of trust in business. But what happens when trust is broken. Can you recover it and if so, who do you do it?

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May 13, 2025 23 mins

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.

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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.

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In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will explore creativity as the key to successful teams with their guest. Dr. Amy Climer.

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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   

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In this episode Bridgette and Irvine will explore curiosity as the key to successful leadership and how leaders can embody curiosity.  

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March 4, 2025 22 mins

In this episode, Bridgette and Irvine explore the virtue of courage and how it is embodied in three leaders.

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