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Develop your resilience ad resourcefulness…

nuggetsoflearning • November 24, 2021

Throughout this period we have talked about being resilient, learning to work from home and how to return to the office. However resilience has a partner we now need to be resourceful as well.

We will still have macro shocks and disruption alongside the micro daily stresses and strains.

Resilience is our capacity to cope with pressure, change and stress. We need four components to ensure we are resilient:-

Commitment to stick with it and not give up
Persistence and tenacity the ability to keep trying
Postivity to always identify a learning opportunity and growth
Bounce back, the ability to reset and come back stronger

Resilience can be learnt and below are some ideas as to how you can equip yourself:-

Stay motivated
Don’t be a perfectionist “Good is good enough”
Grow a thicker skin – accept that you will make mistakes
Sit with discomfort – wait until you have the right solution
Stay strong in self belief
Focus on the positive
Be realistic but at the same time aim high
Don’t lose perspective
Positive affirmations – “I can handle this…”
Ask for help

Resourcefulness is about the creative ability to overcome problems and making do with what is available at that moment in time. Summarised below:-

Problem Solving
Creativity
Adaptability

We can learn to be resourceful however there is an element that is innate are ability to survive is within us already. We need to keep developing that ability to find quick and clever solutions by being more agile in our thinking.

Tools and ways of developing your resourcefulness:-

Evaluate situations what do you have available
Think creatively, adapt ideas and find fresh thinking
Don’t take the first no as the final answer
Negotiate well with a win win for either side
Who else can support you
Bend the rules if needs be
Dare to ask for what you need
Keep your options open
Embrace different opportunities
Be proactive

We are in a new arena of working where being resilient and resourceful, hand in hand will be our way forward. Working patterns will be tried and adjusted several times until we get some good rhythms that are effective.

Look at the toolkits above and practice them to ensure the core behaviours of resilience and resourcefulness are instinctive.

Please do get in touch for a coaching session bev@nuggetsoflearning.co.uk

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