Course description
The always ‘on’ nature of work means that individuals need a set of skills to help them to flourish even when the pressure is unrelenting. With an understanding of good and bad stress combined with the general principles of building resilience we can change the conversation and the outcomes. There is often a vicious circle of reinforcing circumstances. For example, if individuals or a team are unable to deliver effectively then inevitably there is duplication, re-work and extra work. This naturally adds to the pressure on individuals, possibly a sense of fatigue and results in a reduction in personal resilience. And so the cycle continues. On the other hand, if an individual and team are working collaboratively and effectively together and looking out for each other, this can reduce the sense of overwhelm and ensures resilience remains high.
Unlike other courses on stress and resilience we do not view these issues simply resting with the individual. Instead, we acknowledge the position of the individual within a team and organization and beyond. Individuals alone can do a lot to manage their situation, but mostly resilience derives from the multiple contextual issues.
For those who are leaders of teams or projects, it’s important that you demonstrate resiliency for your colleagues at work. Someone with resilient leadership is someone who demonstrates the ability to see failures as minor setbacks, with the tenacity to bounce back quickly. In difficult times, people are looking to you to remain positive and look for new opportunities.
If you practice resilient leadership, you’ll understand stress in a way that will help others maintain the emotional strength they need to move forward and overcome setbacks.
Our philosophy is that attention to core simple leadership skills generates quick positive outcomes, generating the sense of growth and positive change which both builds resilience and alters the circumstances at the same time. We address this through guiding participants to determine their own small steps to put in place immediately through using the innovative approach in the COTG Skills Report. Uniquely the COTG Skills Report also provides insight into the organisation taking account of psychological safety, toxic leadership, transformational leadership and organisational resilience.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The Resilience and Stress Hardiness Course is for anyone wishing to unlock their potential and improve their work life. This course is also highly relevant to those who are not themselves feeling stressed, but are aware that those around them, possibly even in their own team, are struggling with a sense of constant change and pressure.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The key outcomes you will achieve, are:
- Identifying your current stress management techniques.
- Learning a set of practices to add to your resilience toolkit.
- Understanding how mindset changes stress levels.
- Gaining tools to manage current and future workload.
- Finding ways to switch off and take a mental and emotional break.
- Learning techniques that will improve the way you work with others and increase the wellbeing and resilience of all.
- Improving teamwork through collaboration, irrespective of your position in the team
- Changing and leveraging the impact you have on others, every day, through the coaching skills you use in your leadership.
- Modifying your behaviours within what you already do at work, without adding extra activities onto your existing ‘to-do’ list.
- Designing and implementing your personal plan to continuously improve your wellbeing, your resilience and your leadership impact.
- A plan that takes into account your organisation’s culture.
- Evaluating your impact in a safe environment, using live examples
Training Course Content
- Good versus bad stress and the implications for your wellbeing and leadership.
- The exhaustion funnel.
- Stress Inoculators.
- How to say yes to more work (not, how to say no!) and how to avoid overwhelm.
- The role of coaching skills in building resilience in you and others.
- The 15 dimensions of coaching used in the workplace and the opportunities available to you.
- The science of becoming a leader-who-coaches.
- The impact of organisational culture on your wellbeing and your route to greater resilience.
- How to build a personal roadmap for greater stress-hardiness.
- A variety of ways to weave your new skills into what you do - not yet another separate new activity.
- How to design your own personal experiments to improve your resilience and wellbeing as well as those around you.
Why choose Reed Learning Limited
CIPD qualified tutors with strategic and practical HR experience
A dedicated personal adviser to support you throughout your programme
A flexible interest-free payment plan for all certificates and diplomas (up to 12 months)
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