Resilience

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Resilience

Build the habits that keep you performing when things get tough.

Understand how resilience works, recognise your own patterns under pressure, and build the habits that sustain performance.

Duration
90 minutes
Format
In-person or online
Group size
10 to 100
ideal
Best for
Leadership teams
What you leave with

Three things that change in the room.

one

Understand your stress triggers

two

Learn practical tools and frameworks

three

How to support others in your team

About the session

Resilience is experienced in the small moments of work. How we respond to pressure, and how quickly we recover.

Explore the key factors that shape resilience, identify what tips you off balance, and leave with a clear personal plan.

Resilience is experienced in the small moments of work. How individuals respond to pressure, pace, uncertainty and setbacks, and how quickly they recover when things feel heavy or disrupted. It is shaped by energy, habits, boundaries and the support people experience around them.

People carry pressure differently. What sharpens focus for one person drains another. Over time, unspoken strain shows up as reduced patience, slower decisions or loss of confidence. When individuals understand their own responses, they are better able to manage effort and maintain effectiveness.

The day

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The session runs for 90 minutes. These often work well over lunch, and this timing can be flexed to suit your schedule.

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09:30
Understanding Resilience
What resilience is and what shapes it.
20 minutes
Explainer
An introduction to what resilience is, how it works, and the key factors that strengthen or deplete it. Participants complete a brief self-assessment and leave with a shared framework for the conversation ahead.
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09:30
Know Your Triggers
Map the situations that knock your resilience.
20 minutes
Exercise
Participants map the situations that reliably push them off balance, including the common pattern of imposter syndrome. The aim is precise self-awareness before solutions: understanding the personal shape of each person's resilience challenges.
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09:30
Reframe and Refocus
Three cognitive techniques for managing pressure.
30 minutes
Exercise
Participants work with three cognitive techniques for managing difficult situations: challenging negative beliefs, strengths mapping, and future visualisation. Each technique addresses a specific way that unhelpful thinking patterns show up under pressure.
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09:30
Resilience in Practice
The relationships and habits that sustain resilience.
20 minutes
Exercise
Participants examine the relational and environmental factors that support resilience, including the quality of key relationships, personal values, and physical recovery. The session closes with one specific, actionable next step.
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Who it's for

Built for people who want to keep performing when things get tough.

Individuals under pressure

Anyone who wants to recognise their own patterns under pressure and build habits that sustain performance. The session starts with honest personal reflection.

Teams sharing the load

Teams who want to support each other better. Shared awareness of how people carry pressure increases the whole team's capacity to anticipate it rather than react late.

Also available

Join an upcoming open workshop.

No full team to bring? Individuals and small groups can join a scheduled open session and learn alongside people from other organisations.

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Next step

Bring it into your own team.

Every engagement starts the same way: a 30-minute call to understand the team, the situation, and what good would look like. From there, we agree the shape of the workshop together.

TESTIMONIAL
“Creative Huddle facilitated an excellent team building workshop for IOP’s Senior Publishing Management Team. With three new members we wanted to make sure we were all aligned behind a clear purpose and to bring each member’s individual’s strengths to the forefront to help us perform at our best. We learnt a lot about each other and what makes us tick, and how we can support each other more as a result. The emphasis throughout the day was firmly on us thanks to the facilitator’s subtle and observant style. Everyone came away feeling very positive and we had a clear set of actions we could take forward together.”
Antonia Seymour
CEO, IOP Publishing