Due to the continuing recession and economic situation, the private sector is having to deliver more with less people, resources and budgets, and still achieve growth in profit margins, and the public sector has to achieve 300,000 job losses by 2015, and have their budgets slashed, but still deliver the Government's policies with the remaining staff and low morale.
As a result, today's managers must implement deep re-organisation and constant change on reduced budgets while trying to meet required objectives. Every branch of the workplace has shifted from needing cooperative, compliant employees, to needing self-motivated, change-proficient, adaptable workers capable of performing in new ways without up-to-date job descriptions.
This demand distresses many managers and workers. When employees list their challenges and difficulties, most report that they feel pressured to do more work, of better quality, in less time, with fewer people, in new ways, on a reduced budget! Some surrender under this pressure, some don't.
Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of such adversity, it’s how we 'bounce back' from difficult situations. In the past, managers ran stable, efficient organisations, which sometimes operated for decades without much change. People did what their managers told them to do and were evaluated on how well they followed their job descriptions.
Resilience is not an ability one either has or does not have. Resilience can be developed, just as proficiency in area of management can be learned, practiced and perfected.
The Resilient Manager Programme
This is a highly interactive and practical modular programme with a commercial edge.
It begins with measuring the resilience skills that our participants already possess using the unique Bray Leino BroadSkill Managerial Resilience Quotient © written by Dr Cheryl T Travers, author of the Bray Leino Managerial Resilience Quotient ©. Dr Travers is an Occupational Psychologist who has worked at Loughborough (University) School of Business and Economics since 1993 specialising in Leadership, Stress Management, Change Management and Resilience.
The aim of the modules is to help managers develop their resilience skills and apply them in everyday work activities.
There are seven key resiliency skills on which our programme is based:
- Emotional Awareness & Regulation (Know what you are feeling but keep control)
- Impulse control (Take time to make decisions or actions)
- Realistic Optimism (Be upbeat but keep it real)
- Problem Solving (Consider all factors and all angles)
- Empathy (Recognise and understand others)
- Self-Efficacy (Know your own strengths & use them to cope with adversity)
- Reaching Out (Build effective relationships)
The training is supported with:
- Resilience forums every three months
- Access to a personal resilience coach
- Bespoke “Building Resilient Teams” workshops
Developing your resilience skills will help you:
- Have the confidence and ability to bounce back from adversity quicker and more effectively
- Be more effective as a leader and develop your leadership competencies
- Identify how pressure can affect resilience and plan to handle pressure in yourself and others more effectively
- Engage your teams to embrace change effectively
- Spend less time resisting change
- Save time and energy (and ultimately money) when making decisions
- Improve pro-activity in your teams
Which will ultimately enable you to:
- Increase employee engagement
- Increase motivation and morale
- Increase productivity and performance
- Meet business goals and KPI’s
This intensive programme spanning 1-3 days demands a little time out for managers, but delivers lasting, embedded change that can permanently strengthen your business and create a platform for further positive change.
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts!
Winston Churchill