Leadership
Russell Harvey on How the Words We Choose Shape Resilience
The Resilience Coach explains how noticing language, mapping a support network and holding honest feedback conversations help people build resilience at work and at home.
Resilience
Russell Harvey on Why Resilience Means Springing Forward, Not Bouncing Back
The resilience coach argues that returning to how things were wastes the lesson, and offers a wheel and ten habits for growing through change instead.
About Russell Harvey
The Resilience Coach | Resilient Leadership Expert
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 - a resilient leadership expert, executive coach, facilitator and keynote speaker who helps leaders and organisations perform at their best when the world refuses to stand still.
With more than 20 years in Learning, Leadership and Organisational Development, 6,000+ hours of executive coaching and over 70 published podcast appearances, Russell is an experienced and engaging voice on resilience, leadership and navigating persistent change. He has worked with leaders across organisations including Novartis, the NHS, AB World Foods, Kerry Group and The Co-operative Group.
Russell’s work goes beyond helping people simply cope with pressure. He believes true resilience isn’t about “bouncing back”, being tougher or pretending everything is fine - it’s about springing forward with learning and becoming better equipped to lead because of the challenges you’ve faced.
His approach connects the human side of leadership directly to what matters to organisations: engaged people, stronger cultures, better decisions and improved performance. His work has delivered measurable results, including a leadership programme that returned £12 million to the business and a Resilient Leader Programme that achieved more than 1,100% ROI.
In August 2025, Russell achieved his long-held purpose of positively affecting 100,000 people.
