Are you facing uncertainty in your business? And if you aren’t, please email me your secret!

Last week on the Think Tank I asked leaders in industries hard hit by regulatory change what we could all learn from their experiences. And they brought smart, strategic solutions.

Welcome back for Season 4 of Dr. G’s Think Tank on Resilience. This season we are attacking the thorniest, most difficult resilience topics. We started with a bang:

What do GenZ employees need (and is it different than what they want) to be resilient at work?

Our incredible guests really delivered the goods. Alice Kao is the CEO of Sender One, a network of climbing gyms around California. She employees almost exclusively GenZ coaches and staff. Jonah Craine is a college senior who has worked a variety of frontline jobs as well as stepping into leadership. Last week on the Think Tank they spoke plainly – and sometimes painfully – about the obstacles between GenZ workers and their supervisors and bosses. They debated what’s real – is there a COVID gap in social skills in this generation? Is it the employer’s obligation to address those? Are GenZ using COVID as a crutch? What are “safe spaces” and what do workplaces need to do to create them? If employers do that work does that make GenZ able to hear critical feedback?

Are you thinking about applying for a promotion? Switching employers? Striking out on your own professionally? Any of these changes require a lot of resilience. This past episode of Dr. G’s Think Tank on Resilience focused on this challenge: how do you find the resilience you need to level up?

Do you notice that collaboration has higher value to people than competition? That collaboration is coded as kinder and better than competition? I have seen this over and over again in the world of business - both for- and non-profit. So for the most recent episode of the Think Tank I gathered business people who have excelled in their fields (and aren't done yet!) to talk about the realities and the value of collaboration and also of competition.

How can leaders balance the good of an organization with the needs of the individual team members within their organization? April's Think Tank on Resilience dove into this thorny topic. From IBM's 270,000 employees to multimillion dollar companies with a few dozen team members, these folks outlined strategies to speak truth to their employees, supporting them and still keeping the organization's mission as true north.

When you’re stressed at work your brain wants to find something or someone to blame. And if you’re not at the top of the org chart, it is easy to feel that your stress is your boss’ responsibility – or even their fault.

We are all storytellers.

That’s just one of the things I learned on the most recent episode the Think Tank on Resilience. Why does it matter? Because each of us has the ability to use the stories we tell to strengthen our own resilience and those of our people. Our colleagues, our teams, even our families.

All change requires resilience, but some are harder than others. This month on the Think Tank on Resilience we focused on one that is (surprisingly) tough at work:

Internal technology changes

With the help of two brilliant professionals, we asked how companies can make tech changes easier and more successful for their teams. Twelve different strategies emerged, any one of which can make things better.

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There are so many things we wish for ourselves and our people. For most of us, that list includes strength, resilience, motivation, connection, success. This last Think Tank episode was filled with wisdom and a silver bullet way to get all that for ourselves and others. I hope you’ll watch it or listen to it and let me know your thoughts.

Wishing you a sweet and easy slide into 2025 and we’ll catch you again in January when we tackle… technology stress!

What is your “community?”

When you read that do you think about your geography or your identities or your gathering spaces? Do you think about people you know online or in person? Are you a member of one community or dozens?

This month on Dr. G’s Think Tank on Resilience we tackled this central question: “What is community resilience and how can we get more of it?”