Podcast

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What does it actually mean to be a resilient organization — and what quietly erodes that resilience before a crisis ever arrives?

In this concept brief, Dr. Ashley Newcomb breaks down what a resilient organization really is, why silence is one of the greatest threats to organizational resilience, and three things resilient organizations consistently do differently than the ones that struggle when disruption hits. Because resilience isn't built during a crisis. It's built long before one — in the roots

What does it actually look like when an organization goes quiet — and why should leaders be paying attention?

In this concept brief, Dr. Ashley Newcomb breaks down what a quiet organization is, how to spot the early signs in your own team, and three things you can do right now to stop the damage before it becomes something harder to recover from.

We talk about leadership constantly. But there's a question we almost never ask — and it changes everything. Where does a leader's influence actually come from?

In this concept brief, Dr. Ashley Newcomb introduces followership — not the passive, compliant kind, but the active, voluntary investment that followers choose to extend toward their leaders every single day. She breaks down what followership really looks like in practice, how to tell when that investment is declining, and three things leaders can do to be better stewards of the influence their people have entrusted to them. Leaders don't own influence. They steward it — on behalf of the people who chose to extend it. 

What happens to the people in your organization who do everything right — and still get passed over? And what does it cost you when they finally stop trying?

In this concept brief, Dr. Ashley Newcomb introduces Organizational Cinderella Syndrome — what it is, how to recognize it in your own team, and three things you can do today to begin closing the gap before your best people walk out the door. 

What if the people on your team have stopped trying, not because they can't, but because experience has taught them it won't matter?

In this concept brief, Dr. Ashley Newcomb explains Organizational Learned Helplessness: what it is, how to recognize it in the individuals on your team, and three things you can do today to begin interrupting the pattern before it becomes something harder to reverse. They aren't stuck because they lack talent or passion. They're paralyzed because they no longer believe they hold the power to change their own story.