Maxwell Leadership Executive Podcast

#382: Rules of Resilience with Valorie Burton (Part 1)

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Feb 5, 2026
Valorie Burton, executive coach and positive psychology expert who trains Fortune 500 leaders, discusses resilience as a teachable skill. She shares memorable rules and frameworks for making resilience practical. Conversation covers building a common resilience language for teams, spotting low resilience, and creating a personal plan with adaptive skills, protective resources, and preventive measures.
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INSIGHT

Resilience Is A Learnable Skill

  • Resilience is a learnable skill tied to positive psychology and coaching.
  • Valorie Burton reframes resilience from inspiring stories into practical, memorable rules.
ADVICE

Create A Common Resilience Language

  • Teach common language for resilience so teams can apply it together.
  • Use shared rules to create immediate mental shifts and collaborative solutions.
INSIGHT

Psychological Capital Powers Teams

  • Psychological capital determines how teams respond to change beyond finances and skills.
  • Teams with high psychological capital view challenges as manageable and contagious through leadership.
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