So, with change, also comes vulnerability – it’s an inescapable aspect of the process that is often ignored or down-played. When we’re learning something new, there’s always that stage where we’re hyper-aware of being ‘consciously incompetent’ and that can be deeply uncomfortable. When we’re dealing with the unknown, we never know how it will work out, whether we’ll struggle or thrive, whether it will be easy or challenging, and inevitably we’ll find ourselves in that familiar cycle of working through feelings associated with growing our level of competence. This exposes individuals, teams and organisations to the unknown, and the unknown can be frightening, sometimes exciting – frequently both. With most change comes the requirement to learn a new way of doing things. All change requires energy and lots of it. Given all these changes and the fact so many of them are completely beyond our control, it is easy to allow our emotions to get the better of us, or to get overwhelmed by the degree of change. We avoid close contact with people, sometimes crossing the street to keep our distance. Many of the things we took for granted in the past are now not possible, like being able to see someone’s facial expressions (now obscured in some circumstances by a face mask), or being able to get a hug from a friend or loved one when we’re feeling down, is now only possible if that person is in our ‘bubble’. Human beings are hard-wired to want to connect with other human-beings, and this has become much more difficult. For further details and to reserve a place on the online workshop please email call the Relocate Global and Think Global People team on +44 (0)1892 891334. Other businesses are booming and perhaps struggling to cope with demand and the sheer quantity of work to do.Īdd to that the social implications of the pandemic with regards to isolation, social distancing and restriction of movement during lockdown, and we can see that many people are really feeling the impact of these changes. Worries about the economy, and the precarious future of many well-known businesses and organisations also weighs heavily on many people’s minds. Those who continue to work now might find themselves part of much smaller teams, often with an increase in the volume of work to contend with. For some, adjusting to being temporarily furloughed has been a big adjustment, others have lost their jobs through redundancy, so suddenly found themselves needing to compete for roles in an increasingly competitive employment marketplace. For some people, adapting to working from home has stretched them in terms of work/life balance, other people have had to contend with home schooling too. The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on everyone’s lives in countless ways and created an unprecedented amount of change. Why is the subject of resilience important right now?I think people’s resilience is being tested now to a greater degree than ever before.
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