Building a Culture of Resilience
My guest on this Soft Skills for Leaders Podcast episode is Dr Lynda Folan.
She is the author of the book Leader Resilience: The New Frontier of Leadership (2021).
Lynda is an Organisational Psychologist with 35 years experience of working with global organisations. Lynda helps leaders build a culture of resilience, and is highly regarded in her ability to deliver successful cultural change.
Resilience to navigate a toxic culture of bullying
Talking Points
- The early days of shaping a career
- The most significant changes in the area of OD over the decades
- Tougher for leaders post-COVID with change in work
- Organisations and leaders are more agile
- Mental health issues post-COVID has a huge impact
- Shifting thinking the first step to building a culture of resilience
- A psychologically safe environment
- Recent Legislation Work Safety and Health Act 2020
- Psychological disconnect due to toxicity and bullying
- What are the signs of bullying and how is it defined?
- Covert bullying behaviour is commonplace and hard to deal with
- The rise of narcissism in society
- First steps in tackling undesirable behaviour
- What we need to talk about.
Links to other Soft Skills for Leaders podcast episodes relevant to the topic
Respect at Work with Dr Jacinta Buchbach
Surviving a Toxic Workplace with Dr John Forbes
Connect with Dr Lynda Folan
Website:
https://inspireddevelopment.net/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-lynda-folan-a241061b
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