Building Individual Resilience

What does Resilience mean and why is it so important?

Resilience refers to our capacity to manage the everyday stress of work and yet remain healthy, rebound and learn from setbacks and prepare for future challenges proactively.

This was an important skill before Covid, but since the pandemic – our ability to be resilient has become even more crucial.

We know from the research that resilience is not a personality characteristic; it’s not a trait that we are born with.  We can develop our levels of resilience; like building any skill, it requires focus, perseverance and commitment.

The Resilience @ Work © framework, developed by Working with Resilience, outlines the seven factors that determine our levels of resilience.  By understanding these factors, we can reflect on which of these aspects we do well, and where we may need to improve.  It is important to remember that there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution when it comes to building our resilience.

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