Laurel Alexander is a coach, complementary therapist, supervisor and trainer with over thirty-five years experience helping adults to develop sustainable resilience in their personal and professional lives. She founded Wellness Professionals at Work in 2005, offering CPD opportunities and coaching qualifications, and was Director of Studies until 2022. She remains involved in a freelance capacity, but now runs an independent wellbeing coaching practice. Laurels experience includes developing and delivering resilience and wellbeing courses and qualifications to corporate, retail, consumer, charity and NHS markets. She is a Fellow of the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists and a member of the Association for Coaching, the Career Development Institute, the Society of Authors and the Guild of Health Writers. She is the author of five books including Integrative Wellness Coaching (Jessica Kingsley, 2022) and The Resilience Coaching Toolkit (Pavilion, 2017).
Description
Our working lives are full of challenges. Some we generate ourselves, such as wanting a new job, and others are externally generated, such as being the victim of workplace bullying. Both sorts of situations require resilience to manage them effectively. Yet natural levels of resilience vary significantly. How one person responds to redundancy, for example, may differ greatly from someone else, as they are two individuals bringing variable experiences and expectations to the situation.
Adopting a cognitive behavioural approach to moving beyond learned helplessness, and drawing on mindful awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, Resilience at Work draws on plentiful case studies, self-assessment exercises and a journaling approach to improve skills and performance in areas such as confidence, communication, managing change and nurturing self-esteem.
1. Defining Work-Related Resilience
2. Developing Mindful Awareness
3. Moving Past Learned Helplessness
4. Managing Strong Emotions
5. Advancing Confidence and Self-Esteem
6. Assertive Communication
7. Viewing Problems as Opportunities
8. Fostering Self-Care
9. Thriving on Change
10. Stepping Into Holistic Resilience
11. Resilience Through Inclusion
12. Building Your Resilience Toolbox
13. Creating the Work-Related Resilience Action Plan
Appendix: Keeping a Work-Related Resilience Journal