Building a more resilient workforce

In a work environment, people with higher levels of resilience tend to better handle pressure and uncertainty, whether that be created through fluctuating workloads, evolving organisational priorities, process and system changes or even workforce restructure. Beyond their ability to cope with adversity, resilient people tend to demonstrate greater levels of flexibility and curiosity, increased energy and more consistently perform at their highest level.

While it is largely accepted that some individuals will possess more inherent resiliency than others, most research now shows that a person’s level of resilience is determined by their ability to consciously adopt behaviours and practices that support them to ‘build’ their resilience.