Succeeding under pressure, adapting well to turbulence, recovering quickly from setbacks

Resilience is becoming an increasingly important capability in today’s high pressure working environment. It is a capability that can be learned and developed by anyone. This programme enables you to adapt well to turbulence, and remain motivated, productive, and positive in the face of adversity.

Most people believe they are fairly resilient. This programme enables you to learn techniques that enhance your capacity and sustain it in the longer term. The programme content and learning design draw on recent research that you can individualise to your own particular needs. It addresses the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for resilience through demonstration, group discussion, practice and feedback. The learning environment we create is safe and supportive as well as challenging.

Why you should attend this programme

• Learn about the key capabilities for resilience
• Develop skills to enhance your resilience under pressure
• Increase adaptability, flexibility, and confidence when faced with turbulence
• Enhance your understanding of how your thinking impacts on your feelings and actions
• Broaden your capacity to recover quickly from setbacks 
• Become more effective and positive in dealing with uncertainty

Programme Content

• Understanding resilience – the key capabilities and relevant skills
• How resilient are you – your personal profile
• Identifying how your thoughts influence your feelings and actions
• Skills for resilience – practicing and developing skills
• Effective problem solving approaches for added resilience
• Relationships and networks to support resilience
• The wider perspective
  o Looking after yourself
  o Curiosity, creativity and humour
  o The organisational case for resilience
  o Resilience outside work
• Sustaining enhanced resilience – your personal plan

This programme also includes telephone coaching as part of the follow up process, which is included in the programme fee.  This will be provided by one of the consultants delivering the programme, to build on the relationship and understanding established during the programme.

Who is it for

You are a manager, professional or developer who wants to enhance your capacity to remain resilient, engaged and productive during sustained periods of pressure. You may be anticipating additional demands as a result of disruptive changes or as a result of taking on additional responsibilities, perhaps following promotion. Possibly you have recently experienced setbacks and want to find ways of overcoming these quickly. You would like to become more resilient in the face of work place demands, in your life outside work, and to grow your capacity to take on new challenges.

Programme Director

Sue Belgrave,
BA (Hons), DipFRCD