The Benefits of a Resilient Attitude

This month I’ve discussed the concept of a resilient attitude – a key factor in personal success when faced with the challenges of today’s modern workplace.

As a recap, a resilient attitude is an active process that’s not about denying setbacks or challenges – but instead involves using available resources, strengths, and skills to work through the situation.

Having considered how to build a resilient attitude, and the importance of doing so, I want to conclude this monthly series of blogs by discussing the benefits.

A resilient attitude can not only benefit you and your colleagues – but it can bring true rewards for your employer as well.

A resilient workforce is healthier, more effective, and more productive - good news for employers as it means you’re more engaged and receptive to business goals.

Consider my seven key benefits of workplace resilience - and how they can help both you and your employer.

Reduced absenteeism/presenteeism

Feeling pressured or overwhelmed creates a sense of presenteeism.

This is where you feel the need to work harder for longer – impacting your productivity and engagement and leading to burnout and long-term absenteeism.

Meanwhile, resilience helps reduce absenteeism and presenteeism by giving you more efficient and effective ways to manage your workload.

Improved communication

A resilient person can outwardly be more confident and assured.

But resilience also improves your communication skills – giving you the ability and confidence to speak up and contribute, as well as speaking out when required.

Colleague support

Being resilient changes your mindset and allows you to ask for help and support whenever needed.

But it also helps you see the value in, not just asking for help, but also in offering help and support to others to improve your team or department.

Enhanced working relationships

There’s no doubt that good working relationships are key to a team’s overall effectiveness and productivity.

Resilience helps you strengthen current relationships and build new ones more easily. It also helps you respond to constructive criticism or feedback less personally.

Calmness

A pressured or stressed environment can have a negative impact on how you work and achieve your goals or targets.

Building resilience will help you stay calm and work better under pressure – reducing the impact on your mental health.

A Resilient Attitude enables more calm and focus. Photo Ani Kolleshi Unsplash

Change

Resilience helps create awareness of how you perceive change and turn it into a positive.

Improved optimism and attitude

Whilst we can all suffer from negative self-talk which can affect our confidence and ability, healthy workplace resilience creates renewed optimism and an enthusiastic ‘can do’ attitude.

With the benefits highlighted above, it’s no surprise that a resilient attitude at work is considered an essential quality of employees and managers who cope well in a fast-paced working environment.

Finally, building the resilience skills you need in the workplace can help you thrive and feel more positive and engaged in your professional life – as well as your personal life.

If you need further information about this approach, or any other resilience topic, please contact russell@theresiliencecoach.co.uk.