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Russell Harvey

Russell Harvey

Leadership, Resilience, and Growth Coach

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The Courage of a Leader

The Courage of a Leader

Redefining Resilience: Moving Beyond Survival to Growth | Russell Harvey

January 21, 2025

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About this episode

Russell Harvey, known as The Resilience Coach, shares valuable insights on building resilience as a mindset and a practical skill. He challenges us to see resilience not just as recovery from setbacks but as a way to grow, learn, and move forward with purpose. Russell explores how self-awareness, intentional reflection, and recognizing patterns in our behavior can help us better understand our emotional responses and develop strategies to manage them effectively.

Throughout our conversation, Russell emphasizes the importance of maintaining energy, building support systems, and staying connected to a clear purpose. He discusses how resilience is built through small, consistent actions and the ability to embrace challenges with a balanced perspective. His approach highlights the value of grounded optimism, strategic pauses, and leveraging our strengths to navigate uncertainty with confidence and clarity.

5 Key Takeaways:

Spring Forward with Learning: Explore how resilience isn't about bouncing back but about learning and moving forward with purpose.Re-Energize Intentionally: Understand the difference between good tired and burnout, and learn how to recover effectively.Know Your Strengths: Discover how leveraging your natural strengths can fuel resilience and build confidence.Build Your Support Network: Learn why having trusted connections is essential for resilience and long-term success.Grounded Optimism: Explore how facing reality honestly creates space for true hope and meaningful action.

Resources Mentioned

The Inspire Your Team to Greatness assessment (the Courage Assessment)

How can you inspire our team to be more proactive, take ownership and get more done?

You demonstrate and empower The Courage of a Leader. In my nearly 3 decades of work with leaders, I’ve discovered the 11 things that leaders do – even very well-intentioned leaders do – that kill productivity.

In less than 10 minutes, find out where you’re empowering and inadvertently kills productivity, and get a custom report that will tell you step by step what you need to have your team get more done.

https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

About the Guest:

Russell Harvey is a Resilience Coach, Facilitator, and Public Speaker with a mission to positively impact 100,000 people by 2025. With over 20 years of experience in Learning, Leadership, and Organisational Development, Russell helps individuals and teams build confidence, gain clarity, and drive positive change.

Using a strengths-based approach and positive psychology, Russell strikes a balance between being practical, creative, and supportive while challenging his clients to progress.

Outside of his coaching work, Russell is the Chair of Governors at a local primary school, a volunteer with Leeds Young Authors, and runs public speaking workshops for students.

https://www.theresiliencecoach.co.uk/

About the Host:

Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and consultant. She has over 2 decades of experience developing leaders at all levels. Her clients include Cisco Systems, Deloitte and Barclays.

As a trusted leadership coach and consultant, Amy has worked with hundreds of leaders one-on-one, and thousands more as part of a group, to fully step into their leadership, create amazing teams and achieve extraordinary results.

Amy’s most popular keynote speeches are:

The Courage of a Leader: The Power of a Leadership LegacyThe Courage of a Leader: Create a Competitive Advantage with Sustainable, Results-Producing Cross-System CollaborationThe Courage of a Leader: Accelerate Trust with Your Team, Customers and CommunityThe Courage of a Leader: How to Build a Happy and Successful Hybrid Team

Her new book is a #1 international best-seller and is entitled, The Courage of a Leader: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results.

http://www.courageofaleader.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley

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Teaser for Next Episode

Genevieve Retzlaff, the founder and CEO of Grow Better Together, explores leadership as a journey, focusing on self-awareness, trust, vulnerability, and creating space for growth and innovation.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Inspire Your Team to Greatness Assessment (The Courage Assessment)

https://courageofaleader.com/inspireyourteam/

Russell Harvey Podcast Episodes

Mindset Booster

The Resilience Coach: Russell Harvey on Purpose, Mental Toughness & Why Most People Give Up Too Soon

Mindset Booster

May 2026

Leadership Circle Podcast

Interview with Russell Harvey

Leadership Circle Podcast

Mar 2026

Badass Leaders Podcast: Brave Hearts, Brave Conversations, Badass Leaders

Too Nice to Lead? The People-Pleaser Trap | Russell Harvey | S2 E10

Badass Leaders Podcast: Brave Hearts, Brave Conversations, Badass Leaders

Mar 2026

The Dr. Ginny Show

Episode 250: How to Break Resilience Myths and Spring Forward with Russell Harvey

The Dr. Ginny Show

Mar 2026

The Executive Edge

Are you coping, surviving — or actually thriving?

The Executive Edge

Mar 2026

IncrediPaul® Leadership

EP 155: The Power of Resilience in Leadership w/ Russell Harvey

IncrediPaul® Leadership

Feb 2026

The Sticky From The Inside Podcast

Springing Forward: Why Resilient Leadership Lives in Everyday Relationships

The Sticky From The Inside Podcast

Feb 2026

Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership

353: Resilience Isn’t Optional: Tools Every Nonprofit Leader Needs Now (Russell Harvey)

Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership

Jan 2026

Incite Change

Interview with Russell Harvey

Incite Change

Dec 2025

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Key topics

Professional Development & Coaching

With 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.

Why Employers Can’t Be Your Career Strategy Anymore

Career ladders are gone, and AI and restructures are rewriting roles faster than HR can adapt. Russell Harvey, known as _The Resilience Coach_, argues that relying on employers for growth is a dead end. With two decades in leadership and coaching, he shows why modern professionals must treat their careers like living systems—constantly learning, experimenting, and adapting. His practical approach to resilience turns uncertainty into an advantage, helping people design careers built on curiosity, confidence, and personal ownership rather than corporate promises.

Why Leaders Misread VUCA as a Threat Instead of an Advantage

Most executives see volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity as forces to fear, when in reality they’re the conditions where resilient leaders can thrive. Russell shows how reframing VUCA as an opportunity sparks innovation, sharpens decision-making, and builds teams that adapt rather than fracture under pressure. With 18 years immersed in resilience and change leadership, and experience across organisations from the NHS to global corporates, Russell brings both practical tools and lived insight to help leaders turn turbulence into traction.

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