If you thought your lecturer was tough, wait until you meet your boss.
As a result, it is apparent that employees need to develop resilience as a skill. resilience, like confidence, is not an easy skill to develop. However, if one is to survive the work place stress, equally to applying stress management, one should be resilient.
Tina indicates that one can aquire resilience by holding on to one's unchanging beliefs. She continues to encourage positive attitude and well behaviour which can help an employee to recover quickly form any shock.
Shameen Naidu, CCDU, suggests that emotional intelligence can aid one in acquiring resilience as a skill. She indicates that self awareness together with being aware of those around you helps in motivating a person and helping her or him in controling their emotions, especially anger.
Humility as suggested by Tina promotes resilience.
Finally, it is important to note that resilience in the workplace can contribute towards effective teamwork.
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After Tina Thomson’s talk, I’ve also been thinking about personal resilience. My take is that it means demonstrating emotional and intellectual flexibility, not taking things personally, maintaining a sense of humor, perspective and self. And of course maintaining objectivity. Your list is interesting. Did you generate it yourself? Do you think postgrad students from the Humanities and Social Sciences are prepared (through academic training) to be resilient (enough?) for the world of work? And if so, how? And how would this help with the transition from academia to the world of work, if at all?
Still learning - I forgot to publish my name after my last comment. Anonymity lurks in the skirt of resilience!
I must say Tina Thompson's awesome's confidence and charisma are still echoing in my thoughts even today.
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