About Resilience at Work
As a Senior Leader, you wouldn’t have got where you are today without being resilient.
However, whilst being resilient as an individual is absolutely important for a Leader, so too is the ability to foster an environment of resilience for your people.
Contrary to popular belief, resilience is not a fixed personality trait that can’t be changed.
Resilience is an aptitude we all possess.
It’s a dynamic state that changes over time.
We all experience highs and lows in our levels of resilience at work.
There are many factors that impact our ability to deal with everyday stressors, recover from setbacks, and thrive at work.
The good news is that resilience can be strengthened with some simple, practical strategies.
How Resilience Is Developed
Using the R@W Model, I measure levels of resilience in individuals, teams and leaders.
I then provide targeted, practical strategies that empower people to develop their own levels of resilience.
And this is a tool that is backed by science.
Developed in Australia by a consortium of specialists (Working with Resilience) from the fields of organisational psychology and neuroscience, the R@W Model is an evidence based framework that synthesises the complexity of resilience into straightforward language.
Developing your employee’s resilience will help them to adapt to change, optimise their performance and be more productive and happier at work.
I recommend going through this process yourself; it will give you a greater understanding of your personal strengths as well as areas where your resilience could be further developed.
As a leader, you can learn how to create an environment that fosters resilience.
This enables people to;
- Adapt to frequent change and uncertainty
- Stay productive, despite increasing demands to deliver more with less
- Manage customer expectations that may exceed delivery capabilities
- Maintain physical and emotional wellbeing despite job pressures
Make decisions
Transform a conflict
Create consensus
Generate ideas
Solve a problem
