Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor podcast, formerly known as the Get It Done Guy.

I'm Rachel Cook, your modern mentor host. Today I'll be offering some tactical advice on how to be your most

resilient self at work. I was voted teacher's pet in my high school yearbook. Well, Matthew

Silverstein and me. Suffice it to say, I hope I'm more fun to hang out with today than I was back

then. Just don't ask my kids for input on that one.

I remember this well-meaning teacher telling me once, Rachel, you're bound for great things,

but also, you need to be a little more chill. So I did what any teacher's pet would do. I thanked him

for the advice, pulled out my notebook, and

waited for instructions on how, because no one followed instructions better than I did. But as it

turns out, that was all he had for me. Have you ever been told to be more of a thing that just didn't

seem part of your nature? I'd have loved to be more chill, but just

hearing advice to be so was wholly unhelpful. In the workplace, resilience is the new chill.

We all know we're supposed to be it, whatever it is, but some of us need a roadmap to guide us.

So what exactly is resilience? And how can we get

there? I've got some answers. So just chill. Before we dive into the how, let's begin with the what.

We all know it when we see it, but how are leaders in particular defining resilience? A 2015 Harvard Business

Review piece describes resilience as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change,

and keep going in the face of adversity. So what are some actions we can take to enhance our

ability to recover, adapt, and keep on going?

Here are some of my faves.

First up, manage your energy.

As psychologist and writer Barry Winbolt said,

...