Building Personal Resilience

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.

Personal resilience is arguably the most important resource for coping well during challenging times. This training course introduces skills that will increase your confidence in your 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 frequently creates opportunities as well as problems to be solved.

Learning Outcomes

• An awareness of the importance of building resilience

• Identify resilience characteristics in self and others

• Understand the connection between pressure, stress and resilience

• Learn new ways to enhance their ability to bounce back from life’s adversities

• Implement self-care and mindfulness techniques

• Increase your ability to build and maintain positive, healthy and stress-free workplace relationships

Topics Covered

• Define Resilience

• Resilient traits

• Stress and resilience

• Focus on what you can control

• Explanatory styles

• Negative vs positive self-talk

• Self-care strategies

• Gratitude

Facilitators:

This training is delivered by Learn4Results and is delivered by the Director, Christina Katopis

Christina is a highly experienced and dynamic trainer, with over 17 years of training and consulting experience across numerous sectors. She has experience in working with both public and private organisations throughout Australasia.

Christina has an immensely loyal client base in a wide range of industries. Her style is participative, engaging and enjoyable. Her approach to facilitating encompasses key adult learning principles. She actively ensures all materials presented are relevant to participants’ work situations.

Prior to facilitating, Christina practiced as a Child Protection Worker. This provided her with greater insight into dealing with difficult clients and situations. Christina has also managed a team of ten trainers and understands the challenges faced by managers.