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Kathryn McEwen is an Australian organizational psychologist specializing in workplace resilience and wellbeing. She has extensive experience in coaching, consulting, and developing resilience frameworks for organizations across sectors.
Known for: Resilience at Work: Practical Tools for Sustained Wellbeing in the Workplace
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Resilience at Work: Practical Tools for Sustained Wellbeing in the Workplace
Modern work asks people to do something difficult every day: perform well under pressure without sacrificing their health, motivation, or humanity. In Resilience at Work, organizational psychologist Kathryn McEwen tackles this challenge head-on by showing that resilience is not a vague personality trait or a motivational slogan. It is a set of learnable capacities that help individuals, teams, and organizations respond to stress, adapt to change, and keep functioning effectively over time. Drawing on psychology, coaching practice, and workplace research, McEwen offers a practical framework for understanding what resilience really looks like in professional life. What makes this book especially valuable is its balance of evidence and application. McEwen does not simply describe why people burn out or why workplaces become overwhelming; she maps the habits, attitudes, relationships, and cultural conditions that support sustained wellbeing. Her R@W model translates resilience into concrete dimensions that employees can strengthen and leaders can reinforce. For anyone navigating uncertainty, high demands, organizational change, or chronic stress, this book provides a grounded and useful guide to staying steady, healthy, and effective at work.
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The R@W Model Makes Resilience Measurable
Resilience becomes useful only when it stops being a buzzword and starts becoming something people can understand, assess, and build. That is the central contribution of Kathryn McEwen’s Resilience at Work, or R@W, model. Rather than treating resilience as a fixed personality trait that some people ...
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Mindset Shapes How Pressure Is Interpreted
Two people can face the same deadline, the same workload, and the same uncertainty, yet experience the situation in completely different ways. The difference often lies in mindset. McEwen emphasizes that resilience begins with how people interpret challenge, control, and possibility. A resilient min...
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Wellbeing Requires Recovery, Not Endless Endurance
Many workplaces quietly reward depletion. People who work late, skip breaks, and remain constantly available are often seen as committed, while those who protect their energy can feel guilty. McEwen challenges this culture by arguing that resilience is not about enduring more and more strain. It is ...
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Emotional Regulation Protects Judgment Under Stress
Pressure does not just test skill; it tests emotional control. McEwen shows that one of the most important features of workplace resilience is the ability to notice, manage, and respond to emotions without being ruled by them. This does not mean suppressing frustration, anxiety, or disappointment. I...
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Relationships Are a Core Resilience Resource
People often imagine resilience as an individual quality, but McEwen makes clear that no one sustains resilience alone. Supportive relationships are one of the strongest buffers against workplace stress. Connection provides perspective, practical assistance, emotional reassurance, and a sense of bel...
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Purpose Gives Stress a Usable Meaning
Work becomes far more draining when effort feels disconnected from meaning. McEwen argues that resilience is strengthened when people can link what they do each day to personal values, contribution, and purpose. Purpose does not eliminate stress, but it changes the experience of stress by helping pe...
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About Kathryn McEwen
Kathryn McEwen is an Australian organizational psychologist specializing in workplace resilience and wellbeing. She has extensive experience in coaching, consulting, and developing resilience frameworks for organizations across sectors.
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Kathryn McEwen is an Australian organizational psychologist specializing in workplace resilience and wellbeing. She has extensive experience in coaching, consulting, and developing resilience frameworks for organizations across sectors.
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