Although individual resilience is talked about a lot, there seems to be a opportunity to focus more on collective team resilience. Defined as “the collective capability of a team to manage stress, remain healthy, adapt to and learn from unexpected challenges…” (McEwan)
Surely there is great potential in taking a wider systemic view of resilience, including interrelationships between team members and their environment. The whole can be much greater than the sum of the individual parts.
A few points to get a team discussion on resilience started…
· Do we adapt well to change?
· Do we promote self-care in our daily routines (e.g. take regular breaks, limit work hours)?
· Do we provide positive support to each other to get the job done?
· Do we encourage each other to feel part of the team?
· Do we focus on positivity not negativity?
If you would like to talk more about potential in collective team resilience, please get in touch. It's and interesting and valuable area to work on, particularly now in our challenging times.
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