Resilience programs are okay, but true resilience starts with leadership. We explore the research and what it means for leaders in this week’s episode.

In this episode we explore why 10,000 hours of practice isn’t perfect, and how we can make practice better.

We’ve made it to day five of the Growing Gratitude challenge. Over the week we’ve looked at the case for gratitude, then focused on people, nature and tailwinds. Today is about extending what we’ve learned beyond the week.

It’s day four of the growing gratitude challenge.

Welcome to day three of the growing gratitude challenge.

Day two of the Growing Gratitude challenge is focusing on people.

Welcome to day one of the growing gratitude challenge.

So why, as leaders, would we spend a week focusing on gratitude? To answer that, we need to think about what gratitude is.

Hi everyone. The Leadership Today podcast is going to be a little different over the next week as we undertake what I have called the Growing Gratitude Five Day Challenge.

Are you less interested in exercise after a hard day at work even though you know it will make you feel better? You’re not alone. And research has discovered why.

This week we explore how showing the right amount of emotion can improve the impact you have on others and their willingness to invest in your ideas.

This week we explore how showing the right amount of emotion can improve the impact you have on others and their willingness to invest in your ideas.

The use of remote and hybrid teams has accelerated over the past year. But does this way of working actually work? What might be some of the benefits and drawbacks? And how do we best lead remote and hybrid teams? This week we're joined by Gina McCredie, an organisational psychologist who founded Impactful Work - working with individuals, teams and organisations to tackle challenges just like this.

It turns out that smartphone use is associated with shorter-term thinking and a focus on quick wins. The more you use your smartphone, the less likely you are to pursue longer term achievement of bigger goals. So this week we ask the question - Is your smartphone killing your dreams?

Is becoming more mindful automatically better for us and our well-being? And does being more mindful help those around us? The research is really clear - more mindfulness is not always better. Thankfully we also know how to avoid these mindfulness downsides.

Is it possible we are approaching learning and development the wrong way? What if we allow people to fail early before we even teach them the basics? This week we explore research around the counterintuitive idea of productive failure.

Community really matters, but can be hard to build when we’re in a hurry. In this episode we discuss the single best question to build community (at least the best I’ve come across!).

This week we explore three keys to dealing with defensiveness.

Radical Reflection Challenge - Day Five - Reflection

Radical Reflection Challenge - Day Four - Gratitude

Radical Reflection Challenge - Day Three - Growth