Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience

by Deborah Gilboa

Entrepreneurship Self-Improvement

Season 5

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 32: Embrace the Suck: Staying Resilient When Life Blindsides You

What happens when Big Bad News changes your capacity, priorities, and plans overnight? In this Think Tank, Dr. G and her guests explore how to navigate major disruption, from a health crisis to unexpected changes at work or home, while continuing to lead, adapt, and move forward. Because resilience isn’t pretending the hard thing isn’t happening. It’s figuring out who you mean to be now that it is.

Season 4

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 31: More Data Doesn't Mean More Clarity

Dr. G is joined by Justin Evans (CEO, The DataStory Group), Einat Naveh (VP Product, Burt Intelligence), and Scott DePetris (finance tech founder and entrepreneur) to explore one of today's biggest resilience challenges: data overwhelm. Together, they discuss why more information doesn't always lead to better decisions, how cognitive load impacts resilience, and practical ways to identify what deserves your attention, and what can safely be ignored. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by reports, dashboards, AI summaries, or endless notifications, this conversation will help you do stress better.

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 30: Burnout Isn't the End of the Story

Burnout is often viewed as an inevitable consequence of modern work, but what if we approached it differently? In this month's Think Tank on Resilience, Dr. Deborah Gilboa and her guests discuss burnout, agency, leadership, and the factors that help people thrive. Learn practical strategies for building resilience, creating healthier workplace cultures, and supporting teams through challenge and change.

Dr. G's Think Tank on Resilience 29: What Reputation Is – and Isn’t – Made Of

Today's Think Tank guest, Amanda Joy Berenstein, CEO of Weber Shandwick Mexico and author of Reputation and Resilience in an Era of Permacrisis, has a definition of reputation that I haven't been able to stop thinking about: It's not your title. It's not your track record. It's whether people think of you and feel trust. And here's what makes that so powerful: when people trust you, you feel more capable. When you feel more capable, you navigate change better. Reputation and resilience aren't separate things. They're the same thing.

Dr. G's Think Tank on Resilience 28: Mergers Happen in Every Organization

If you own, run, work at a small or medium sized business you might think mergers and acquisitions are not going to matter to you. That’s just for big companies or once-in-a-lifetime buyouts, right? Nope. Mergers and acquisitions happen in every organization, every time workload is redistributed, leadership of a department or team shifts, someone is asked to take on a new responsibility. That means that the big pain points of mergers and acquisitions will show up in your team. Feeling unseen, pulled and pushed by other people’s decisions, being undervalued or disrespected, no longer being a part of a well known team… all of these can crush someone’s will to stay in their job or to do it well.

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 27: When to Take a Stand and When to Step Back

Should businesses and leaders take a stand on every global issue? Does social justice require every employee and client and customer to know the beliefs of their bosses and sources? Many people think yes. But is it good business practice to wave every flag, comment on every topic? Lots of investors, board members and even employees and customers think no. There is no one correct answer. So what is a leader to do?

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 26: When Family Stress Shows Up at Work

Are you facing uncertainty in your business? And if you aren’t, please email me your secret! Last week on the Think Tank I asked leaders in industries hard hit by regulatory change what we could all learn from their experiences. And they brought smart, strategic solutions.

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 25: Protect Your Organization from Regulatory Uncertainty

Are you facing uncertainty in your business? And if you aren’t, please email me your secret! Last week on the Think Tank I asked leaders in industries hard hit by regulatory change what we could all learn from their experiences. And they brought smart, strategic solutions.

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 24: Genz Resilience in the Workplace: What's Real?

Welcome back for Season 4 of Dr. G’s Think Tank on Resilience. This season we are attacking the thorniest, most difficult resilience topics. We started with a bang: What do GenZ employees need (and is it different than what they want) to be resilient at work? Our incredible guests really delivered the goods. Alice Kao is the CEO of Sender One, a network of climbing gyms around California. She employees almost exclusively GenZ coaches and staff. Jonah Craine is a college senior who has worked a variety of frontline jobs as well as stepping into leadership. Last week on the Think Tank they spoke plainly – and sometimes painfully – about the obstacles between GenZ workers and their supervisors and bosses. They debated what’s real – is there a COVID gap in social skills in this generation? Is it the employer’s obligation to address those? Are GenZ using COVID as a crutch? What are “safe spaces” and what do workplaces need to do to create them? If employers do that work does that make GenZ able to hear critical feedback?

Season 3

Dr G's Think Tank on Resilience 23: Why not you?

Are you thinking about applying for a promotion? Switching employers? Striking out on your own professionally? Any of these changes require a lot of resilience. This past episode of Dr. G’s Think Tank on Resilience focused on this challenge: how do you find the resilience you need to level up?

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