Building Resilience at Work
Build practical strategies and mindset shifts to stay resilient, adapt with confidence, and grow through workplace challenges.
Course overview
In today’s fast-paced and demanding work environments, resilience is a critical skill for maintaining wellbeing and sustaining performance. This one-day interactive workshop draws on the latest insights from Positive Psychology and Neuroscience to help participants understand how resilience works and how it can be strengthened. Through practical tools, reflective exercises, and group discussion, participants will explore personal responses to stress and learn strategies to recover, adapt, and grow through challenge.
Designed for professionals at all levels who want to better navigate change, pressure, or uncertainty, this workshop is especially valuable for those in high-demand roles or leadership positions.
Participants will leave with greater self-awareness, evidence-based techniques for building resilience, and the confidence to apply them in everyday work situations—enhancing both personal effectiveness and team contribution.
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What you'll learn
- Understand the thinking processes that shape behaviour and influence responses to stress and challenge.
- Learn how to work productively with others, even those whose styles or perspectives differ significantly from your own.
- Strengthen your ability to respond—rather than react—by building the mental muscle needed to manage pressure effectively.
- Apply evidence-based strategies to shift from surviving to thriving with five practical, actionable steps.
- Develop skills to regulate emotions, maintain energy, and stay focused during uncertainty.
- Use tools from Positive Psychology and Neuroscience to enhance resilience and adaptability.
- Build confidence to grow through adversity and support resilience in others.
Course modules
Making Sense of the World Around Us
Examine the thinking processes that shape perception, decision-making, and behaviour. Understand how mindset and mental models influence responses to pressure and uncertainty.
Responding in Challenging Times
Explore how the brain reacts to stress and learn how to shift from reactive to responsive thinking. Identify practical techniques to remain focused, calm, and constructive during periods of change or difficulty.
Building Mental Strategies to Deal with Stress
Learn how to strengthen mental fitness and emotional control using evidence-based tools. Discover simple, effective strategies to manage emotional triggers and maintain resilience under pressure.
Small Things That Make a Big Difference
Identify everyday actions that contribute to long-term resilience. Explore five research-backed practices that can help move from surviving to thriving and improve overall wellbeing at work.
Personal Action Planning
Consolidate key learnings and create an individual plan to apply new insights and habits in real-world work settings, ensuring ongoing development and impact.
Further Information
Format
This course is delivered as a full-day in-person workshop at our Wellington venue. It includes a mix of facilitator-led sessions, small-group exercises, and whole-group discussion. Group size is limited to 16 participants to ensure meaningful interaction and personal feedback. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea are provided to support networking and collaboration.
What You'll Receive
You will receive a digital certificate of attendance and a Wellington Uni-Professional digital badge. These include the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours completed, making them suitable for recognition by professional organisations and employers.
Here's what others are saying
“A great programme, providing opportunity to stop and reflect on our work and our behaviours whilst learning practical tools to assist in challenging situations. Alannah is a very competent and experienced facilitator who has the ability to work with where the participants are at and what is most relevant.”
“Well facilitated, thoughtful session providing individuals and teams with reflections on strengths and values, and utilising empathy tools to build trust.”
“I’ve felt this program and the sessions with Alannah were the best gift the workplace could give us. The tools Alannah uses and gives, really do support achieving positive resilience.”
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