Graeme Cowan – Build Your Resilience

Graeme Cowan – Build Your Resilience, Boost Your Mental Fitness
Episode 015 of the Ideas Architect Podcast.

Our Topic: Resilience

Graeme Cowan is a former Management Executive who crashed and burned – in a big way. After suffering with depression for over 5 years he tried multiple attempts to take his own life. Ten years later and a long road to recovery he has successfully rebuilt his life. He has now written two books with a third international edition due out in January 2014. Graeme is a conference speaker and consultant who works with organisations to boost workplace productivity and build resilience. In particular, overcoming stress and depression. He’s also been a longtime supporter and advocate of RUOK, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to encouraging conversations to prevent suicide.

In this Podcast Episode…

• What is the Elephant in the Board Room?
• The biggest cause of lost workplace productivity.
• Why workplace stress may be costing you big dollars.
• How stressed leaders cause stressed workers.
• What dog whisperers and horse whisperers can teach you about leading your teams.
• The early warning signs that stress is impacting your health
• Are you part of a Thriving Tribe?
• Four micro-strategies for building corporate resilience you can implement today to create a measurable difference.
• Why asking for help works.
• What RUOK stands for and why it matters.
• Why simple things make a big difference to mental health.
• Three everyday factors that undermine mental health and how you can avoid them.
• Why reflecting on your death today may be the best thing you ever do.
• The power of living your life in One Week Blocks to build resilience.
• Three high impact things to focus on each week
• The shocking secret that Gandhi, Martin Luther King had in common.
• Why adversity fuels empathy and resilience
• How Realistic Thinking can be the source of your power
• The Five Levels of Tribal Leadership
• Why it’s not all about you
• The importance of global travel
• How to create workplaces that reward wellbeing as well as performance
• Why commitment to your purpose is essential to your success

Show Links

• Graeme’s Website
• Graeme’s Books on the Back from the Brink website
• The Elephant in the Board Room Report
• Graeme on ABC Radio National – 16 September 2013
• Malcolm Gladwell’s book What the Dog Saw on Amazon
• Seth Godin podcast interview with Krista Tippett: The Art of Noticing and Then Creating
• RUOK on Australian Story 2011 – Gavin Larkin
• RUOK website
• Bronnie Ware, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying on Amazon
• Dave Logan, Tribal Leadership
• ICMI, Barry Markoff, Work Health Safety Solutions
• Email Graeme: support @ graemecowan.com.au

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