A search of “burn-out” delivers 485 million results. How strange to be so attached to a word that has no clinical or biological substance. A year ago, the World Health Organisation included “burn-out” as a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress. This is an error second only to their mishandling of Covid-19. First, humans do […]
Leadership in Crisis
Deep Leadership Skills for Leaders and Senior Teams Rarely do we encounter times when deep leadership is so critical. The world and its operating systems are thrown into a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) crucible. Leadership is deeply challenged. In time, history will create stories of who failed and who prevailed. For now, the […]
Ride the Black Swan: Part 3
Bounce Deliberately The stark reality of Covid-19 and its economic consequences are sinking in. This week, most opinions predict, will be hard. The health and life impact flashes red on our screens daily. Little evidence of containment is detectable. The world economy has slowed. Unemployment is soaring. Our lives have lost rhythm. Uncertainty and fear […]
Ride the Black Swan: Part 2
Engage and Decide After a turbulent fortnight, we are confronted with major life adjustments. Nearly one third of the world is in lock-down. Businesses are closed, streets are empty, skies are clear and most of us are hunkered down in our homes. Life as we know it has stopped. Dismal health and economic consequences loom. […]
Preparing employees for working remotely in times of crisis
COVID-19 has resulted in the lockdown of entire countries, with only employees in essential services allowed to attend work Travel restrictions have resulted in organisations rapidly adopting systems and processes that enable telecommuting Major conferences, events and training sessions have been cancelled The Resilience Institute responds with specialised digital resilience support for COVID-19, including webinars […]
Our History of Resilience
With a professor-of-paediatrics-dad, a psychiatric-social-worker-mum, two competitive brothers, special forces, triathlon, ocean swims, surfski racing, medicine and an MBA, resilience promised to be an easy gig. While engaging and fulfilling, it’s been a long, complex and difficult road. We have helped tens of thousands of people and many businesses. Evolution has been slow. It has been […]
Purpose
Research Highlight: purpose is a super skill Of the most successful 10% of people in a sample of 21,000, 96% scored “my purpose in life is clear and meaningful” with ‘very often’ or ‘nearly always’. Question: What is my purpose? Describe with clarity and meaning Condition: Step back, up and take a wide view of […]
Growing Leadership Expertise
The All Blacks have famously mastered resilience through a model of Red versus Blue behaviours. In Red we are overloaded, confused and at risk. Think quarter finals against France in 2007. The All Blacks realised that they had to master the Blue state: calm, clear and skilful. The shift was drilled in practice, in matches […]
The Professional’s Pain
How to create a good and productive life Professionals face the sharp edge of acceleration – productivity, technology and connection with meaningful work. At the same time, they seek Eudaimonia (a good life). The pace has become overwhelming. How does one solve this paradox? After 28 years working for Professional firms, here are some perspectives […]