If you’re interested in growing workplace resilience, having a list of practical examples to implement is a great starting point. Rex Fan, Lead Behavioural Insights Advisor at Bupa UK, shares everything that leaders need to know about building team resilience..
| Published: 19 August 2023
A STAGNANT ORGANISATION IN A PREDICTABLE SECTOR IS A SITTING DUCK FOR DISRUPTORS. IN THE OLD DAYS, A BUSINESS THAT WAS "RECESSION-PROOF" WOULD HAVE BEEN PERCEIVED AS A SAFE BET FOR SHAREHOLDERS, INVESTORS AND EMPLOYEES. NOWADAYS, THE SAME TERM OFTEN HAS THE OPPOSITE MEANING. TIME-WEARY RULES OF BUSINESS ARE BEING REWRITTEN AND DISRUPTOR FIRMS ARE CAPABLE OF ATTRACTING INVESTMENT, EVEN IN THE MOST PRESSING ECONOMIC TIMES AND ARE MAGNETS TO TALENT BECAUSE, DESPITE THEIR VOLATILE NATURE, THEY EXUDE CONFIDENCE.
| Published: 5 July 2023
With the ongoing global talent shortage, employee retention has become increasingly important for all businesses. While the cost of recruitment has always been a consideration, the inability to replace lost staff is now putting greater emphasis on the need to keep existing team members working and engagement plays an important role in that.
| Published: 1 July 2023
I don’t recommend getting the sack as a good career move but it is a good test of resilience. How an individual or organisation deals with set backs is a measure of their ability to recover and comeback strong. Resilience it turns out is a very good predictor of future success.
| Published: 19 April 2023
The Special Forces need people with basic human skills, such as resilience, intuition and the ability to make snap decisions under intense pressure. Showing weakness, vulnerability - or any kind of negative emotion - simply isn’t allowed and you must be able to bounce back and be on point immediately. This is an innate trait, going back to our primal days when we lived in warring tribes. Wallowing in grief wasn’t an option when you were under attack and fighting to survive.
| Published: 18 January 2023
