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“Resilience is built through the everyday, every minute habits and exercises that punctuate our daily lives”

– Linda Grafton, Professor, London Business School
 
Given much of our daily lives is spent at work, how do organisations best provide targeted training, appropriate nudges and clear direction to strengthen resilience in teams? Importantly, how can leaders ensure that resilience habits and skills are integrated into business-as-usual activities?

In our experience, the most important first step before any resilience intervention initiative, and one that is often skipped, is to assess the robustness of the resilience skills of each individual team member:

Running out of steam before end of year?

• Ruthlessly review your “to do” lists—and we do mean ruthlessly!  What absolutely must be done, and what can be re-prioritised?
• If you are managing other people, make time to help your team(s) review priorities and time lines.
• Review your social and personal “to do” lists also—does everything need to be done before the end of the year? What could you drop or delay?
• Prioritise sleep, exercise and eating well.  It’s boring advice but keeping our physical health batteries charged up does help!
• Plan some activities that recharge your mental and emotional batteries also, whatever it is that works for you. 
• Deliberately move more slowly—notice the urge to rush and resist it.  Give yourself permission to pause.
• Again, if you are managing others, talk with them about planning and taking recovery breaks—and take them yourself so you model good recovery.