Episode #49: Why your mindset matters and what to start doing about it
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We interview Dr. Gemma Leigh Roberts, a chartered psychologist and author specialising in wellbeing, resilience and mindset. She is a Top 5 LinkedIn Learning instructor, and over five million people have taken her LinkedIn Learning courses. Over 650,000 people subscribe to her 'Mindset Matters – Thriving at work' newsletter. The newsletter led to the publication, in 2022, of her first book, Mindset Matters: Developing mental agility and resilience to thrive in uncertainty.
Gemma has written for or been featured in Stylist, the Guardian, Yahoo Finance, Forbes and Business Insider and has appeared on the BBC. She specializes in helping people, teams and organizations understand what it takes to navigate challenges successfully, build resilience in the face of adversity, and create environments where it's possible for each individual to thrive and perform at their peak in their own unique way. Her clients include BP, Oracle, HSBC, Microsoft, Spotify, Vodafone, Nestlé and Disney and for the last 10 years she has worked with individuals, teams and organizations to help create agile resilient teams at work.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Flourish FM and Dr. Roberts
00:02:19 - Key Mindset Skills for Thriving at Work
00:02:41 - Importance of Resilience in the Evolving Workplace
00:03:45 - Cognitive Flexibility and Adapting to Change
00:04:48 - Growth Mindset and Learning in the Workplace
00:06:25 - The Role of Connection in Mental Health and Productivity
00:07:06 - Factors Leading to the Importance of Mindset Skills
00:10:52 - Conceptualizing Resilience and Antifragility
00:14:56 - The Sliding Scale of Resilience
00:16:35 - The Six Pillars of Resilience
00:24:49 - Connection as a Core Component of Resilience
00:27:27 - Mental Agility vs. Emotional Agility
00:28:13 - Acceptance and Resilience
00:34:19 - Flow and Resilience
00:36:22 - Acceptance as a Meta Pillar
00:41:04 - Practical Coaching Strategies for Building Mindset Skills
00:47:21 - Detailed Example of a Coaching Exercise
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