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How to be resilient – the collaborative way

  • Are you…
  • Feeling that you have a run out of steam, because you’ve been doing all the thinking and carrying out most of the actions? Even when WFH?
  • Needing to be more resilient to stress, change or challenge? 
  • Finding your solo actions are not having the impact that you hoped for?
  • Facing a larger challenge, that might benefit from and inspired and collaborative group tackling it together?
  • If this sounds like you, it might be beneficial for you to build your personal resilience with peers or in a group. 
  • Social media focuses a lot on techniques that you can personally use to build your resilience.  That’s great in many ways, as it strengthens your emotional intelligence and gives you a strong sense of independence. 
  • But sometimes,  if you are tired, behaving like a super person, using up your energy and risking burnout, you need to build resilience with people and a network, rather than alone.  This working era is all about connection and community.
  • Here are some tips to help build your resilience collaboratively through relationships:
  • Overall, make and deepen your individual connections with people in your organisation and in your sector: 
  • Good relationships with colleagues that you get on with, friends at work, with colleagues that you get along with are so important. Don’t underestimate this.  It’s especially important to keep relationship building when WFH where most of your meetings are online. Practice being more mentally alert in meetings and show active listening. People quickly pick up if you are interested and ‘present mentally’ or ‘absent’. Good workplace relationships can take time to build, especially online. So take extra time to connect, listen to and engage with colleagues in a range of online settings.
  • If you have a good relationship with someone who is doing well at adapting to challenge, ask for ideas about how you could be more resilient to change in to these uncertain times. Ask for any tips, ideas, potential mentors, resources or learning events. Having other’s insights can inspire and strengthen your own resilience at work. 

Take part in learning that also involves an online group element, not just solo work e.g. a course that also has a facebook or LinkedIn community learning page. That way as you learn, you also build relationships.

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What is workplace wellbeing coaching?

Wellbeing coaching at work is a supportive conversational process with a coach, that may involve focusing on different areas of your life. These include working productively, and effectively and the links with  your wellbeing e.g. relaxation, health, WFH, and wellbeing goals.

Wellbeing leadership coaching may focus on leading on wellbeing  at work e.g. how to support your staff.

Workplace wellbeing coaching and wellbeing leadership coaching uses questioning, listening and other coaching tools and techniques, such as visualisation or mind mapping.  These can assist you in moving forward in your work with your wellbeing topics and if relevant, finding and acting upon your own solutions to wellbeing leadership themes. 

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Differences between coaching and mentoring

Mentoring and coaching are often confused. By looking at ‘wellbeing coaching’ at work, you can see the basic differences.

  • Wellbeing Coaching at work and Wellbeing Leadership Coaching at work relates to your wellbeing at work and wider life.
  • Wellbeing Coaching at work supports you to be at your best at work in terms of feeling good in your mind and body.
  • You co-create a relationship with a wellbeing coach, who helps you find your own solutions to your wellbeing at work, through focused conversation .
  • Wellbeing coaching is not:

*  Life Coaching (includes work related issues but also focuses mainly on all areas of life e.g. relationships, life goals, finances etc.) 

*  Counselling (deals with long term past and childhood)  – does not require action on behalf of the client. (Your coach will signpost you to counselling services if necessary. Coaching is not therapy and does not substitute for therapy if needed, and does not prevent, cure, or treat any mental disorder or medical disease).

*  Mentoring – where the mentor is the expert and might give you guidance on your wellbeing based on their own experience and expertise.    

For more information on how wellbeing is essential for resilience at work join our Really Resilient Guide courses: https://thelearningmoment.org/really-resilient-guide-for-individuals/

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Build resilience when teaching or meeting online

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resilience when teaching.

Whether you work in FE teaching or supporting others,  we all need to be  more resilient right now. 

1. Notice your energy levels when you are online. And as soon as you can, do what you need to help adjust them e.g. walk, snack, a chat or rest. Is your energy low, middle, running on adrenalin etc..Noticing and supporting your energy throughout the day, helps you be more focused and present for your teaching and meetings. 

2. Connect online with colleagues you get on with really well. Have a non-work chat for a change. Have a quick check-in to give you a bit of a boost. A strong support network really builds resilience as a coach.

3. Mindset work: Imagine a resilient day of online teaching, work and meetings. See yourself being really adaptable and having staying power. Now take one small step inspired by this mindset work. 

Learn more about resilience at our online learning page for staff in organisation and for individuals

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How to be resilient and avoid burnout

  • Are you ….Feeling that you have a run out of steam, because you’ve been doing all the thinking and carrying out all the actions?
  • Needing to be more resilient to stress, change or challenge? 
  • Finding your solo actions are not having the impact that you hoped for?
  • If this sounds like you, it might be beneficial for you to build your personal resilience with peers or in a group. Social media focuses a lot on techniques that you can personally use to build your resilience.  That’s great in many ways, as it strengthens your emotional intelligence and gives you a strong sense of independence. 
  • But sometimes,  if you are tired, behaving like a super person, using up your energy and risking burnout, you need to gradually build a stronger network, rather than planning to go it all alone. 
  • So, long before burnout happens, make and deepen your individual connections with people in your organisation and even in your sector: 
  • Good relationships with colleagues that you get on with, friends at work are so important. Don’t underestimate this.  It’s especially important to keep relationship building when WFH, where most of your meetings are online. It can be harder to do that online, so make the most of start of meeting check-ins, informal meetings and – if you have them – online team socials.
  • Practice being more mentally alert in online meetings and show you are actively listening. People may pick up if you are interested and ‘present mentally’ or ‘absent’. Good workplace relationships can take time to build especially online. So take extra time to connect, listen to and engage with colleagues in a range of online settings. 
  • If you have a good relationship with someone who is doing well at adapting to challenge, ask for ideas about how you could be more resilient to uncertainty in to these uncertain times. Ask for any tips, ideas, potential mentors, resources or learning events.   Having other’s insights can inspire and strengthen your own resilience at work.