Managing Self Through Change

The objectives of this program are to provide participants with:

• An understanding of resilience and its importance to health, performance and relationships
• Practical skills and strategies for building their change resilience, and
• A range of resources to encourage the ongoing development of change resilience skills.

On completion of this program participants will be able to:

• Recognise the impacts of change in self and others
• Understand resilience and its importance to health, performance and relationships
• Assess personal resilience to identify strengths and vulnerabilities
• Build resilience to prolonged and situational stress
• Better manage unhelpful thoughts and emotions
• Remain calm in a changing environment
• Optimise thinking for increased clarity, concentration and productivity
• Integrate resilience & self-management strategies into working & personal life.

Managing Self Through Change is delivered in your workplace to groups of up to 16. The program provides skills-based, experiential learning supported by evidence-based theory and workplace integration tools. The program includes comprehensive face-to-face training and a suite of take-away resources including a self-study Skills Enhancement Course and access to the Working Mind app.

The face-to-face training comprises a diverse range of training activities including formal presentation, group discussion, self-reflection & assessment, interactive and challenging group activities, workbook exercises and practical skills training.

The program is available in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and major centres around Australia.

Module 1: Controlling Your Stress Physiology (1hr 30mins)

• Overview: resilience, stress and performance
• Recognising the impacts of change in self and others
• Responding to stress: exploring reactions and current coping strategies
• The effects of change on health, performance and relationships
• Switching off the ‘fight or flight’ stress response
• Maintaining peak performance under pressure
• Recharge and Reboot: practical skills for building resilience to prolonged & situational stress

Module 2: Performance and Recovery (1hr)

• The resilience and recovery link: sustaining productivity and health
• Energy management: switching on and switching off
• Resilience techniques for regulating emotions, increasing vitality & improving concentration.

Module 3: Fuelling Resilience (45mins)

• Food, mood and mental fitness
• Dietary patterns and the mind
• Nutritional strategies for optimal mental health

Module 4: Building a Resilient Mind-set (1hr 30mins)

• Emotional resilience & mindfulness: enhancing health, performance and relationships
• Responding to change: developing an open, aware and flexible mind-set
• Awareness and regulation of thoughts and emotions
• Stop. Notice. Focus. – mindfulness in action
• Skills training: practice of mindfulness-based resilience techniques

Module 5: Integration (45mins)

• Integrating change resilience skills and strategies into working and personal life
• Resilience Integration & Action Planning
• Personal Resilience Assessment outline
• Skills Enhancement Course & online resource overview.

Typical duration: 7.5 to 8 hours including breaks.

Module 1: Controlling Your Stress Physiology (1hr 30mins)

• Overview: resilience, stress and performance
• Recognising the impacts of change on self and others
• Responding to change: exploring reactions and current coping strategies
• The effects of change on health, performance and relationships
• Switching off the ‘fight or flight’ stress response
• Maintaining peak performance under pressure
• Recharge and Reboot: practical skills for building resilience to prolonged & situational stress

Module 2: Building a Resilient Mind-set (1hr 30mins)

• Emotional resilience & mindfulness: enhancing health, performance and relationships
• Responding to change: developing an open, aware and flexible mind-set
• Awareness and regulation of thoughts and emotions
• Skills training: practice of mindfulness-based resilience techniques
• Stop. Notice. Focus. – mindfulness in action

Module 3: Integration (45mins)

• Integrating change resilience skills and strategies into working and personal life
• Personal Resilience Assessment outline
• Skills Enhancement Course & online resource overview.

Session duration is typically four hours including a 15-minute break between modules 1 & 2.

This option, comprising two x four-hour sessions, encourages experimentation, reflection and optimal integration of knowledge & skills. The recommended interval between Sessions One & Two is 6-12 weeks.

Session One

Module 1: Controlling Your Stress Physiology (1hr 30mins)

• Overview: resilience, stress and performance
• Recognising the impacts of change on self and others
• Responding to change: exploring reactions and current coping strategies
• The effects of change on health, performance and relationships
• Switching off the ‘fight or flight’ stress response
• Maintaining peak performance under pressure
• Recharge and Reboot: practical skills for building resilience to prolonged & situational stress

Module 2: Building a Resilient Mind-set (1hr 30mins)

• Emotional resilience & mindfulness: enhancing health, performance and relationships
• Responding to change: developing an open, aware and flexible mind-set
• Awareness and regulation of thoughts and emotions
• Skills training: practice of mindfulness-based resilience techniques
• Stop. Notice. Focus. – mindfulness in action

Module 3: Integration (45mins)

• Integrating change resilience skills and strategies into working and personal life
• Personal Resilience Assessment outline
• Skills Enhancement Course & online resource overview.

Session duration is typically four hours including a 15-minute break between modules 1 & 2.

Session Two

Module 4: Performance and Recovery (1hr 15mins)

• The resilience and recovery link: sustaining productivity and health
• Energy management: switching on and switching off
• Resilience techniques for regulating emotions, increasing vitality & improving concentration.

Module 5: Fuelling Resilience (1hr)

• Food, mood and mental fitness
• Dietary patterns and the mind
• Nutritional strategies for optimal mental health

Module 6: Resilience Action Planning (1hr 30mins)

• Session 1 review
• Evaluation: application of knowledge and skills in the workplace
• Overcoming obstacles to integration
• Resilience Integration & Action Plan.

The MSTC Skills Enhancement Course is a take-away, self-study program that supports participants to apply their training in their working and personal lives. The course promotes experiential learning, skills integration and long-term behavioural change. The course includes:

• A comprehensive workbook containing: – Background theory and evidence-based research – Weekly task lists and goal setting tools – Resilience technique practice guidelines – Integration tips and strategies – Self-assessment tools – Print and web recommended reading
• Eight resilience techniques in mp3 format, and
• Unlimited phone and email support.

Course materials & instructions are provided to participants during the face-to-face training.

Through the Working Mind app, developed exclusively for our clients, participants receive permanent access to key training resources including the MSTC workbook, mp3 audio techniques, research links and workplace integration tools.

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Resilience Refresh is a follow-up session to the MSTC program. This interactive, solution-focused 2-3 hour workshop supports participants to review progress, build on their skills and develop resilience action plans. Resilience Refresh includes:

• Review: MSTC program key learnings
• Evaluation: application of skills and knowledge in the workplace
• Overcoming obstacles to integration
• Integration support: Skills Enhancement Course
• Skills training and practice
• Resilience goal setting and action planning.

Resilience Refresh is ideally held 6-12 weeks after delivery of the Managing Self Through Change program.