Different thinking for Different Time - Mindset Change and Thought Leadership

Different Thinking for Different Times - 7 Keys to Building Resilience with Russell Harvey How to Nurture a Resilient Mindset in Business and Life

Russell Harvey · May 28, 2026

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Interview with Russell Harvey

Different Thinking for Different Times - 7 Keys to Building Resilience with Russell Harvey How to Nurture a Resilient Mindset in Business and Life

Podcast: Different thinking for Different Time - Mindset Change and Thought Leadership

May 28, 2026 · 46 min

In this insightful interview, resilience coach Russell Harvey shares practical strategies for building resilience through pragmatism, creativity, and playfulness. Discover how to foster a resilient mindset, challenge limiting beliefs, and support organizational growth by…

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Key topicsProfessional Development & CoachingWith 10,000+ hours of experience, Russell champions coaching as a powerful tool for leadership growth. He demystifies the process, showing how coaching boosts confidence, clarity, and results, and how leaders can embed coaching into everyday team development. Off the Record — What Leaders Admit in Coaching and Never Say in the BoardroomRussell Harvey has coached leaders to board level for over 6,000 hours, and the same admissions come up in private: they are guessing, they are tired, and they can say neither out loud. Most organisations treat that silence as strength and reward the executive who never wavers, which is how confident-looking teams commit to decisions nobody in the room believes in. Drawing on 18 years with organisations from the NHS to Novartis and Kerry Group, he describes what changes when a leader finally gets one place to think honestly: how they pressure-test a decision before announcing it, and how they pass that same permission down to their own team. Listeners leave able to hear what their leadership group is not saying, and knowing what to do once they hear it.One Conversation a Week — The Coaching a Manager Can Run in Twenty MinutesRussell Harvey has coached leaders to board level for more than 6,000 hours, and he can usually tell within a month whether a manager is holding one honest conversation a week with their team or none at all. Managers get promoted for having answers, so when a problem arrives they solve it, the person leaves relieved, and nothing in the team gets any stronger. Drawing on over 10,000 hours of facilitation across organisations including the NHS, Novartis and Kerry Group, he sets out what that twenty-minute conversation contains, what order to ask it in, and the point at which most managers quietly drop it. He is blunt about the limit: it does nothing if the manager has already decided the answer and is only asking to be polite. Listeners leave with a conversation they can run before their next team meeting, and a way to tell whether it changed anything.View all topics →

About Russell Harvey

Leadership, Resilience, and Growth Coach

100,000+ People positively affected6,000+ Executive coaching hours£12M+ ROI delivered by RWE npower leadership programme20+ years Learning, leadership and organisational development

Russell Harvey is The Resilience Coach - an executive coach, leadership facilitator and keynote speaker with over 20 years in Learning, Leadership and Organisational Development, and 18 years specialising in resilience and leading in a persistently changing (VUCA) world.

Until August 2025 his Purpose was "to positively affect 100 000 people by the year 2025." This has now been achieved!

His updated purpose is to "Champion organisations to be a force for good" - achieved by equipping every leader and team he works with to spring forward with learning, not just survive disruption, but navigate it well. The measure of that? When someone asks "how are you?" the answer - honestly - is "there's a lot going on, and I'm good."

With over 6,000 hours of executive coaching to board level, he has worked with organisations including AB World Foods, Kerry Group, Novartis AG, the NHS and Cooplands Bakery.

Russell's style is direct, empathetic and practical - he challenges leaders to think differently about what's possible, and equips them with the clarity, confidence and tools to lead themselves and others well, however uncertain the terrain.

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In this insightful interview, resilience coachRussell Harveyshares practical strategies for building resilience through pragmatism, creativity, and playfulness. Discover how to foster a resilient mindset, challenge limiting beliefs, and support organizational growth by nurturing the seven aspects of the resilience wheel.

Key Topics

Resilience as a skill that can be learned and nurturedThe seven aspects of the resilience wheel: purpose, confidence, adaptability, meaning, energy, support network, attitudeThe importance of grounded optimism and realism in resilienceThe role of self-talk and beliefs in shaping resilienceStrategies for organizations to foster resilience in teams7 Keys to Building Resilience with Russell HarveyHow to Nurture a Resilient Mindset in Business and Life"Grounded in reality, size, and scale""Pineapples don't grow on trees""Doing good makes you feel good"Guest Name Russell Harvey - https://www.theresiliencecoach.co.uk/about-russell

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Resilience Coaching

02:17 Russell's Journey to Becoming a Resilience Coach

04:42 Defining Resilience and Its Importance

10:25 The Resilience Wheel: Key Components

15:11 Impact of Resilience Coaching on Individuals

19:01 Challenging Beliefs and Open-Mindedness

24:25 Navigating Change and Building Resilience

27:26 Understanding Resilience: Beyond Just Endurance

28:21 The Importance of Pausing for Reflection

30:36 Intentional Living: Programming Your Mind for Positivity

32:25 Attention Control: The Challenge of Focus