# resilience
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40:38Resilience, flexibility, and emotional regulationLeanne Elliott: Another kind of, again, the final cluster that came up, and these are words that get thrown around all the time: resilience, flexibility, agility. They're often used a lot. Again, what do you think that lEP 307 · 4 Jun 2026·interview· 40:38–46:4316:40The secret struggle — six months to live, three timesTom LeNoble: Talk about me at the all-hands meeting or feature me in a newsletter. And in that moment, I realized I had nothing to do with that. I'm talking to the 5th richest man in the world. They want evidence in caseEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 16:40–18:1444:03Laying off 100 people with dignity (and eventually himself)Al Elliott: I'd like to stick with you on this idea of resilience because I think with the number of companies that you've been involved in, the number of people that you've managed, the HR departments you've been involvEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 44:03–48:2117:15Leanne's pick: Dr Marie-Hélène Pelletier on strategic resilienceLeanne Elliott: It's episode 171, The Science of Resilience with Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier. And this one takes us all the way back to February 2025. Oh, the hope that we had for the world in February Al Elliott: Oh, we EP 261 · 25 Dec 2025·other· 17:15–28:3040:08When Rob didn't have his shit together: his personal breakdownLeanne Elliott: I think it's important to stress that there have been times in your life where you haven't had your shit together and Times have been hard. Do you mind sharing a bit about that and, and the steps you tookEP 257 · 11 Dec 2025·interview· 40:08–43:5910:10How entrepreneurs respond to challengeAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: They hesitate, so they won't make any new hires under these new rules, or they'll change how they're employing people in, in certain ways, maybe engage more contractors than full-time empEP 224 · 19 Aug 2025·other· 10:10–14:5821:28Question 15 — do people who go through extreme trauma become stronger?Al Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: But come back Al Elliott: Yeah, come back. Definitely come back, because nudge isn't as good as this, so come back. I'll cut that out. Keep that in. Okay, welcome back. If, if you've joEP 222 · 12 Aug 2025·other· 21:28–28:3020:48Tip 5: Focus on what you can controlLeanne Elliott: Well, there was a little step before that, wasn't there, in terms of, as you said, leaning into, um, Tip 4, which is to very much leverage your support network. Everything we know about resilience, everytEP 201 · 2 Jun 2025·other· 20:48–25:4641:07Bonus tip: Small habits now, big shocks laterLeanne Elliott: It's so important, and it's, oh, it sounds really cheesy and cliché, doesn't it? To look on the bright side. Where's that silver lining? Every cloud. The fact is that this is, this is rooted in positive pEP 201 · 2 Jun 2025·other· 41:07–47:3042:18Workplace Surgery: Starting over after business failureLeanne Elliott: Any other letters in your sack, Al? Al Elliott: Let's just go root to root. It's like carry on podding. Uh, yes. So this question number 2, is it possible to start over after your business fails? Well, I EP 194 · 6 May 2025·workplace surgery· 42:18–48:1924:00Nervous systems, weakness, and why it's not about toughnessCait Donovan: My belief is that our individual nervous system's ability to see, feel, and respond to stress appropriately. is our biggest factor, but that's built of 3 or 4 different buckets Leanne Elliott: Playing like EP 185 · 3 Apr 2025·interview· 24:00–28:4642:20Why resilience is never individualCait Donovan: Well, there's nothing— I want to go there for a second because there's no such thing as resilience that's not collective. When you Look at resilience research. One of the things that they found was there's EP 185 · 3 Apr 2025·interview· 42:20–44:300:33Defining resilience: a state, not a traitAl Elliott: Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning psychology podcast Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. My name isEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 0:33–5:375:37Why resilience matters in the 2025 world of workLeanne Elliott: And why is it so important today in the world of work we're operating in, in 2025? Marie-Helene Pelletier: I would say always been important. We're talking more about it, and I love that. And we're also tEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 5:37–7:377:37How to know when you need to build your resilienceLeanne Elliott: So if resilience fluctuates, how do we know when we might be in need of building our resilience and doing something proactive to, to build that back up? Marie-Helene Pelletier: I would say always, always.EP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 7:37–11:2411:24Approaching resilience strategically: the SWOT analysis methodLeanne Elliott: So you say to approach it strategically. What would that look at— look like? How can I assess Where I am on those 4 variables Marie-Helene Pelletier: I know this, this I think is truly the game changer heEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 11:24–16:3517:15Can one pillar compensate for another?Leanne Elliott: Is it possible to focus on one variable to compensate for another? So, if I'm thinking 6.5 hours of sleep is about all I'm going to get a night over the next 6 months, but I'm going to work really hard onEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 17:15–19:3719:37Does investing in these habits work after burnout?Leanne Elliott: And does it work from the other end? So if somebody has got to the point of burnout, will investing in these help with the recovery? Marie-Helene Pelletier: Yes. Not only it will, it's best practice. It'sEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 19:37–20:5220:52How leaders can bring this into the workplaceMarie-Helene Pelletier: So as a leader, I would say, keep in mind, back to a bit of what we mentioned earlier, that workplace is a system. In that system, we've got individuals, all of us, we've got teams, and we've got EP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 20:52–28:4834:00Common mistakes leaders make when implementing resilience strategiesLeanne Elliott: Are there any mistakes leaders can make when implementing this type of strategy or implementing the resilience plan? Are there some fundamental things that they might Unintentionally get wrong? Marie-HeleEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 34:00–38:0438:04One key message and where to find Dr. Marie-Helene PelletierMarie-Helene Pelletier: That resilience is not a given. It is a strategy. And so therefore, yes, you want to have your plan and take your actions Leanne Elliott: And before we go, if you don't mind me asking, you talk abEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·outro· 38:04–42:2029:38Failure as a prerequisite for successJames Fleming: Failure is part of success. In order to be successful at anything in life, you've got to fail. You've got to get it wrong. I mean, the first 18 months of my business, I was almost bankrupt. I put my car upEP 165 · 23 Jan 2025·interview· 29:38–39:1022:59Re-entering the workplace: trial, error, and resilienceKody Green: Just like my journey with medication, it was, uh, a lot of trial and error. Um, the difficult thing about people with severe mental illness is a lot of us end up either struggling with addiction or we end up EP 153 · 12 Dec 2024·interview· 22:59–26:5841:01On losing, trying harder, and Race Against DementiaJackie Stewart: You try harder. I didn't always win, but in the end, I won more than I was losing. I've got to hang out with the right people. The best team principal, the best technical director, the best mechanics. AlwEP 133 · 3 Oct 2024·interview· 41:01–51:0622:18Advice for navigating low moments abroadNathan Cornwell: I really empathise with a lot of people that go through these lows because I know, as you're saying, that there can be real lows when you're abroad and you're away from family and friends and you haven'tEP 118 · 25 Jul 2024·interview· 22:18–25:3116:09The toxic side of resilience talkPetra Velzeboer: Resilience is a tricky one because, as we know, And this is the toxic bit, right? Like we restructure an entire business and then say, can you do a resilience workshop just to boost people up so they canEP 80 · 29 Feb 2024·interview· 16:09–19:296:23What's Bruce's beef with resilience?Bruce Daisley: I've got huge issues with it. And, and for a number of reasons, really. Firstly, I think at its heart, the idea of resilience is superficially really appealing, but the expectation of it is actually somethEP 78 · 20 Feb 2024·interview· 6:23–9:2019:18Resilience as scar tissue in sportLeanne Elliott: Listen to any commentator speaking on any sport and you'll likely hear the word resilience every 10 minutes. And the temptation is to think of this resilience as a kind of muscle that we've trained Bruce EP 78 · 20 Feb 2024·interview· 19:18–23:5826:22The collective nature of true resilienceBruce Daisley: The, the notion that we draw strength from groups is You know, even though it's really well known, we don't really explore it. And, you know, in the medical community, for example, if you're hospitalized fEP 78 · 20 Feb 2024·interview· 26:22–34:0040:24Why great management is the real answerAl Elliott: So we've covered so much more than resilience here. We've talked about how resilience can often be a way to move blame from bad management, how groups of people are more resilient than individuals, how the chEP 78 · 20 Feb 2024·interview· 40:24–43:2428:56There are no superheroesLeanne Elliott: The most important thing I think to take from this is that there are no superheroes. Everyone struggles at some point, and in fact, if someone in your workplace does appear to be superhuman, then maybe yoEP 67 · 30 Nov 2023·other· 28:56–30:2912:27Adversity — you can't have a win without a few lossesAl Elliott: Regular listeners will know that we used to be Samaritans in the UK. So if you are feeling, uh, distress or despair, then that's exactly what they're there for. You will find them in the phone book. Totally nEP 65 · 17 Nov 2023·other· 12:27–16:4813:34The early years: growing up a second-generation immigrantAl Elliott: Okay, so Maneesh's story is one of like resilience, identity transformation. He explains— Maneesh explains that his early years really, really shaped him in ways that only just kind of becoming clear to him rEP 56 · 14 Sept 2023·interview· 13:34–17:2873:48Stephen's story: the grey Friday that changed everythingStephen Short: We've covered the personalities within family businesses. We've covered some of the common pitfalls that we can fall into. We're going to round up this So, in this episode, we're going to share some practiEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 73:48–76:3033:43Where the drive to go again came fromLeanne Elliott: You mentioned there that you were kind of looking at the American philosophy and, and starting to, to look at kind of the positives behind bankruptcy. Was that— where did that drive come from to try and sEP 16 · 13 Dec 2022·other· 33:43–36:393:29Book #1 — Leanne's pick: The Leader's Guide to Resilience by Dr. Audrey TangLeanne Elliott: It's not catchy. Awesome reading list. And my first one is actually a really good one. If you are feeling on the edge of burnout, you really should be switching off, my friend. But if you absolutely can'tEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 3:29–5:01
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