Resilience: What Can My Organisation Do to Better Support People?

Which comes first, the solution or the problem?

Resilience…

As I started last night’s call I wondered, aloud, with the group whether there was really anything new to say about this word which seems to be everywhere right now-the most in-demand corporate training I read somewhere. What are we really exploring here, when it comes to resilience… and, is it relevant or just in vogue?

…In Relation to Others

It was only right at the end that we moved from looking at what it meant in relation to ourselves, to what it meant in relation to others, and what our organisations could do better.

Organisations need to provide support to help lift people back up.

Someone contributed.

Such a great point and I wish we had had the time to go deeper. While I did manage to pose the question we didn’t get a chance to explore-so I’m sharing here for you to consider for yourself and your organisation..

The Property of Buoyancy

A few water and sailing metaphors had come during the call, and one that I like a lot is a beach ball in water. If a beach ball has a natural capacity to rise, and it can be pushed down, or held…