What about the people who REFUSE to change?

From the desk of Dr. Renee Thornton

Culture Architect, Pathfinder Resilience

Last week, during How to Quietly Win the Staffing Crisis, someone asked one of the most important questions of the entire conversation:

What do you do about the people inside the organization who refuse to engage?

We call them Energy Vampires.

Do they resist the changes?
Interject during important conversations?
Attempt to derail the progress?

Sometimes, yes.

That is why what we are sharing is not all sunshine and unicorns. It is real, raw, and built for the challenges leaders are actually facing.

The response to last week’s webinar was so powerful that RCMP Director Jocelyn James is interrupting her vacation to join me for an encore presentation — not because she needs more visibility, but because she genuinely wants exhausted executives to know that positive change is still possible.

Jocelyn went from 40% understaffed to fully staffed in less than a year, increased applications from 50 to more than 600 in one cycle, and lost no one in 12 months.

Tomorrow, we will share how — and answer the difficult questions about resistance, naysayers, and the people who do not immediately embrace the vision.

You are always going to have skeptics.

They do not get to determine what your organization becomes.

Join us Monday, July 27, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern via Zoom.



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Scout, Recruit, & Retain

I'm Dr. Renee Thornton, founder of Pathfinder Resilience and author of The Mission-Critical Mindset and Navigating Adversity. I've spent my career studying the 4% — mission-critical professionals psychologically wired for high-stakes work — and helping the leaders who build cultures around them. Scout, Recruit, & Retain is a biweekly field guide for mission-critical leaders tired of watching their best people leave while the wrong ones stay. What you'll get: Scout — Multi-generational strategies for identifying candidates wired for the work and built for your culture. Not just filling seats — finding people who belong. Retain — Practical tools to keep your people sharp, healthy, and committed. Performance. Wellbeing. Self-care that doesn't feel soft. Leadership that earns loyalty across generations. No B.S. No corporate HR theory that's never seen a dispatch center at 3 a.m. If you're building a culture where the right people thrive — and want to stay — you're in the right place.