I am a founder of 8 NGOs with combined turnover above $100 million, including Teach First which is the UK’s largest graduate recruiter. Previously, partner at Accenture; built a business in Japan; started a bank; got sued for $ 12 billion; put the blue speckle in Daz; best nappy salesman in Birmingham.

Author: published in 23 languages in over 100 editions globally: How to Lead; Tribal Business School; Mindset of Success; Global Teams.

Resilience based on research completed at UPenn (positive psychology) and Harvard (neuroscience).

There is a silent crisis of mental health at work, which affects one in six employees. 300,000 employees every year lose their jobs because of mental health issues: twice as many as lose their jobs for poor physical health.

Resilience shows how you can thrive, not just survive, in a volatile, complex, uncertain and ambiguous world.

Resilience shows how to acquire 10 habits of mind to make you more resilient. The book offers 43 practical exercises which you can practice during the day.

Specific benefits include:

• Deal with setbacks, crises and adversity better
• Work smarter, not harder: achieve more with less effort
• Find meaning and purpose in what you do
• Discover the recovering pessimist’s guide to optimism
• Strengthen important relationships in the good times to help you through the tough times
• Avoid the mind traps which sink us and our relationships
• Make good choices under pressure
• Choose how you want to feel, act and behave
• Build effective relationships at work
• Manage your energy levels to avoid burn out
• Learn, at speed, your own unique success formula at work
• Put negative emotions to good use
• Turn fear into courage, one step at a time.
• Tame your self-talk: become your own best friend, not worst critic

As a recovering pessimist I have discovered how to be optimistic, and how to make good choices about how I feel in real time.