Helping people to thrive in our VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) working world requires innovative leadership and support. This need is highlighted during organisational change, particularly when the changes are rapid, ongoing or substantial. For many businesses, all three may be present, and therefore we need people to [...]
A common myth about resilience is that it is something that we do or do not have. What we now know is that people’s resilience goes up and down, depending on their current circumstances, the number and size of challenges they face, and their actions in response to those challenges. [...]
In our last article, we wrote about understanding resilience as a continuum, and using this concept to inform how we build our own resilience. What we need to hear – both from ourselves as “self-talk” and from others – will depend on where we are at on that resilience [...]
Traditional approaches to employee wellbeing have tended to focus on the individual person, encouraging and supporting people to move more at work, eat more fruit, learn mindfulness or practise lunchtime yoga. While this strategy is beneficial for many people, we know that individual behaviour is influenced by context, and [...]