Discovering Resilience Through Difficulty – An Interview with Carla Fox

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, resilience is not just important—it’s essential for you and your leadership. Embracing resilience empowers you to navigate economic fluctuations, technological advancements, and unexpected crises with confidence. As a resilient and caring leader, you inspire your team to persevere and maintain high morale, turning challenges into opportunities for innovation and growth. That’s why I think you will enjoy this interview with Carla Fox.

Carla Fox has over 25 years of experience in finance and 23 as a senior leader.  Carla is a Certified Management Accountant specializing in Communications, Business Strategies, and Human Resources. She blends expertise across domains to provide innovative solutions, emphasizing strong communication, accountability, and diversity. Passionate about relationships and empowerment, Carla excels in building resilience and guiding organizations through change, focusing on development, goal setting, and coaching for success.

In this episode, Carla teaches:

  • The importance of believing in oneself and taking opportunities, even when faced with imposter syndrome.
  • The significance of resilience and continuous learning, especially during challenging times.
  • The importance of bouncing back from difficult situations.
  • Setting good boundaries to avoid self-depletion, a lesson she learned with her husband’s help.


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Heather R Younger, J.D., CSP is a highly sought-after speaker, 2x-TEDx speaker, diversity, equity and inclusion strategist, and contributor to leading news outlets. She is also the Founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix, a leading employee engagement and consulting firm. After over 25,000 employee engagement surveys and years of working with organizations to transform employee engagement, here’s what Heather has seen over and over: When you know how to listen, employees will tell you exactly what they need to bring their full selves to work. Book Heather to speak at your event or organization.

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Becoming Unshakable is the podcast for leaders, creators, and changemakers who know TRUE LEADERSHIP starts from within.

Each episode explores what it takes to lead with resilience, compassion, and purpose while staying human through it all.

Through candid conversations with executives, frontline leaders, coaches, and everyday heroes, Heather uncovers the real stories behind growth, compassion, setbacks, and transformation.

From navigating change to creating emotionally safe cultures, Becoming Unshakable reveals what it really takes to create leaders—and organizations—that can’t be shaken.

Hi, I'm Heather

I've been through every type of
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Layoffs, reorgs, mergers, acquisitions and major technology shifts. More than 20 years leading teams through high-stakes situations where results mattered, people depended on me, and decisions couldn't wait.

Those years taught me how to lead. But they also showed me the hidden cost of always being the one who holds it all together.

During our second reorg in less than a year, I walked out of a meeting with no say in what was happening, just marching orders. When my team asked how the meeting went, I should have said, “Give me 15 minutes to process this.” But I didn't. Instead, I let them absorb every ounce of my frustration.

Then I saw their faces.

The people who looked to me for stability had just watched me unravel. What was that teaching them about their ability to handle the pressure?

That moment changed how I saw my role as a leader. Leading teams isn't only about grit or resilience. It's about how your presence builds the trust your team needs to function when things get hard.

Today, I help organizations build unshakable leaders, teams, and cultures. Because when leaders become the calm teams can count on, organizations don't just survive change, they come out strong enough to handle what’s next.

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