Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from setbacks and adversity. Resilient people stay committed and increase their efforts when the going gets tough. It used to be thought that people were born with resilient attributes, we now know that anyone can improve their resilience through effective training and development.  This course introduces delegates to practical tools and techniques that will increase their confidence in their ability to bounce back from the many pressures and adversities they encounter in today's workplace. They are reminded that a key aspect of being resilient is accepting that change always creates opportunities as well as problems to be solved.

Purpose of Course

Enable delegates to respond positively to the pressures and demands of modern working life and to help them identify opportunities to thrive.   

Key benefits of the course:

With full participation the delegates will achieve the following:

• Reduced workplace/home anxiety (regarding their job)
• A more flexible/adaptable approach to change
• Enhanced optimism and can-do attitude
• How to build and mend important relationships
• Greater commitment and enthusiasm
• Improved problem solving/creativity skills
• Enhanced assertiveness and decisiveness
• Better negotiation/persuasion skills
• Become more level-headed and calm under pressure
• Enhanced hardiness and self-esteem
• Improved understanding of personal boundaries

Course Content

Understanding Resilience, Pressure, Stress and Adversity

• Resilience v Resistance
• Defining boundaries
• Internal v external locus of control

Your Resilience Quotient

• Measuring your own resilience levels
• The 7 resilience skills

Optimism

• Optimism and negative thinking
• The ABC exercise

Emotional Awareness & Regulation

• How to recognise and control your feelings
• The Stress Pot concept

Empathy

• Empathy is the basis for all communication
• The three core skills required to be empathetic

Reaching Out

• Reaching in - Reaching out
• Social Interaction Network Exercise

Problem Solving Causal Analysis

• Viewing problems from many different perspectives
• 7 Part Problem Solving Strategy

Self Efficacy

• Recognising your strengths and weaknesses
• The importance of self-belief and self-esteem

Impulse Control

• Importance of tolerating ambiguity
• Impulse Control Experiment

Building a Resilience Development Plan

 

The Resilience Resources CD

The Resilience Resources CD includes masters of many of the tools and exercises introduced to delegates during the training course. If delegates want to improve one or more of their resilience skills they will find that at least one of the below exercises will help them to do so.

• Taking 'Control' of your Life
• Assertiveness
• Challenging Negative Thoughts
• Social Support
• The Rosy Glow Exercise
• Simple Relaxation Exercises
• Balance your Brain to Solve Problems
• Breathing Exercises
• Meditation
• The Importance of Good Quality Sleep

 

If you wish to discuss any aspect of this training course please contact Alastair Taylor on Tel: 0131 476 5027 or e-mail: alastair@in-equilibrium.co.uk

 

Good mix of personal attention and group work; It's great the way the tutor relates to personal and individual examples; Very useful insight; Trainer, discussion-Group all took part, all were positive.

London School of Economics (LSE) delegates