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what is resilience?

resilience & wellbeing

Pressure is positive. As the pressure rises we become more motivated and we perform better. For example athletes often report that they do better when they are competing. This is because they are under pressure to perform well and they have trained themselves to cope better and perform better under these circumstances.

Our aim is to expand the pressure performance curve; to expand performance potential in pressurised situations.

We do this by coaching and training individuals and teams in resilience building techniques:

Resilient thinking - looking at situations differently, seeing issues as surmountable, that the issue is temporary and won't last for ages (or for ever), and that the issue has a singularity, it is only one aspect of the bigger goal that needs to be achieved and therefore doesn't need to dominate everything that is going on

Resilient behaviour - acting differently, proactively coping with setbacks, anticipating how things will progress and turn out and planning strategically and with contingencies to make it happen, acting assertively and making sure we get what we want out of situations, acting with foresight so that we do not keep running into troubles that can and should have been avoided

Work-Life Balance - achieving a balance that enables us to reach our true potential, dealing with the pernicious problem of long working hours, investing in health, exercise and wind down including sleep regeneration, and exploring the meaningfulness of our working and leisure time

The Smithfield Resilience Assessment is a measure of all of these resilience factors. To read about it, click here.