{"id":685857,"date":"2019-06-05T08:35:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T06:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/?post_type=articles&p=685857"},"modified":"2019-06-04T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T15:23:47","slug":"resilience","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.ie.edu\/insights\/articles\/resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience"},"featured_media":686304,"template":"","meta":{"_has_post_settings":[]},"schools":[29,31,33,34],"areas":[20,24,25],"subjects":[],"class_list":["post-685857","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","schools-business-school","schools-exponential-learning","schools-human-sciences-and-technology","schools-law","areas-human-behavior","areas-strategy","areas-talent"],"custom-fields":{"wpcf-article-leadin":["In a world of constant change, where volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity have become the norm, we are now suffering increasing levels of \u2018burnout\u2019 and \u2018work-related stress\u2019."],"wpcf-article-body":["In February 2018, The Guardian<\/em> reported the findings of research by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which found that \u201c526,000 workers in the UK suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016\/17, and 12.5m working days were lost as a result over that period<\/a>\u201d. CNBC reported in August 2018 that in a \u201crecent Gallup study of nearly 7,500 full-time employees found that 23 percent reported feeling burned out at work very often or always, while an additional 44 percent reported feeling burned out sometimes<\/a>\u201d. Gallup estimates that this costs between $125 billion to $190 billion in health-care spending each year.\r\n\r\nNobody is immune: Stress, traumatic events and personal tragedies impact our lives at different times and in differing ways. Enhancing our personal resilience is one means by which we, as individuals, can build the resources necessary to adapt and \u2018bounce back\u2019 quickly in difficult and challenging times.\r\n\r\nResilience is defined by the American Psychological Association<\/a> (APA) as \u201cthe process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of\u00a0stress<\/a>\u201d. In other words, it is your bounce-back ability. That capacity to be present in a situation, recognize the triggers, identify what is required, and develop and execute the positive actions necessary to move forward. However, while we may find ourselves nodding in agreement and over-confidently identifying ourselves as a resilient person, the statistics prove otherwise. So what can we do?\r\n
Enhancing our personal resilience is one means by which we, as individuals, can build the resources necessary to adapt and \u2018bounce back\u2019 quickly.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe good news is that resilience can be learned and built up. There are a number of contributing factors to enhancing your resilience, such as:\r\n