Resilience

Resilience is the ability to continue functioning effectively in the face of changing and challenging circumstances. It is a combination of flexibility and self-confidence and enables you to cope with and recover from change, unpredictability, stress and setbacks. It encompasses a balance between resilience in the face of change and undesirable outcomes, and resilience when monitoring personal boundaries.

The skill of Resilience helps you deal with and recover from setbacks without exhausting yourself.

Behavioural indicators:

• Retains an overview and works systematically, even when different activities demand attention at the same time.
• Continues to work effectively when deadlines approach.
• Responds with self-confidence to unexpected events, setbacks and personal feedback.
• Can cope flexibly with changes in the environment or tasks.
• Is able to communicate personal boundaries and needs to people in the environment.
• Knows how to recover from setbacks or disappointment.
• Maintains social contacts in which support is received and given.