Resilience skills index

How you can put theory into practice

Think well, live well: the power of optimism

1. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude

2. Start the day well

3. Be smart in your choice of company, online and offline

4. Become the luckiest person alive

5. Become the colleague of choice

See light in the darkness: the power of emotional intelligence

6. Discover the value of negative emotions

7. Role-model positive emotions

8. Manage your emotions

9. Turn fear into courage

Be kind to yourself: the power of FAST thinking

10. Acquire fast, accurate, flexible and self-enhancing thinking

11. Identify your iceberg beliefs

12. Challenge your iceberg beliefs: make them work for you

13. Identify your mind traps

14. Cope with your mind traps

Control your destiny: the power of self-belief

15. Build mastery

16. Deal with setbacks: watch the movie, not the snapshot

17. Build your influence

Reach out: the power of connections and networks

18. Build trust

19. Listen effectively

20. Practise appreciative constructive responding

21. Gratitude: hunt the good stuff

22. Network with purpose

Recharge your batteries: the power of recovery

23. Take rest breaks

24. Reduce your working day

25. Ensure your work is focused and efficient

26. Use the power of recovery and rest

27. Sleep your way to success

28. Diet realistically, diet for life

29. Exercise to perform, not compete

30. Manage your energy flows: the energy grid

Stay mindful: the power of choice

31. Breathe to take control and focus

32. Visualise to prepare for success

33. Slow down external events: buy time and create space to find a smart way forward

34. Create options: avoid getting stuck in a binary win–lose, find creative solutions

Craft your mission: the power of purpose

35. Drive to action: take accountability

36. Craft your job to find meaning and purpose

37. Achieve autonomy: context, earn and claim the right

38. Develop supportive relationships

39. Build intrinsic motivation in your team

Keep on learning: the power of growth

40. Build the right skills to fuel your career

41. Reflect personally: from focus on failure to learning from success

42. Reflect with your team: use WWW and EBI to raise performance

43. Use pattern recognition to get smart fast

44. Move from your comfort zone to stretch zone

Find your sanctuary: the power of culture

45. Build a resilient culture