Recent research conducted by Mental Health UK revealed that a staggering one in five workers have taken time off as a result of poor mental health caused by pressure or work-related stress in the past year. When individuals are struggling, it is essential they are supported, but this should be in tandem with proactive resilience tools and training to help prevent individuals from reaching crisis points. The new book ReThink Resilience: 99 Ways to ReCharge Your Career and Life, co-authored by Beth Benatti Kennedy, Karthik Venkatakrishnan, and Songmao (Ben) Zheng, does just this, providing individuals and organizations with the tools to build professional and personal resilience so they are able to thrive in all areas of life.
Many assume resilience is simply about endurance, but this is far from the case. True resilience is more than just powering through challenges. It’s about cultivating the skills to manage change, recover, and recharge – key ingredients for a thriving career and a fulfilled life. ReThink Resilience presents proven strategies to boost resilience, develop habits that support career and personal fulfillment, and beat burnout.
With 73% of workers reporting that workplace stress affects relationships with family, friends, or co-workers, it is clear resilience toolkits need to be holistic to positively impact all areas of life. The 99 “boosters” are woven around the five central themes of Kennedy’s proven Benatti Resiliency Model®: Well–being, Self-awareness, Brand, Connection, and Innovation. The boosters are wide-ranging, from expressing gratitude, spending time in nature, and unleashing your inner child, to developing a personal career board of directors and normalizing failure in the workplace. This structured approach allows readers to target specific areas and offers the busy individual a tailored and practical path to resilience that goes beyond the usual platitudes.
ReThink Resilience also includes inspiring perspectives and stories from 16 Resilience Champions, people known to the authors who model resilience. These stories bring the concepts alive, showing readers the power of resilience in one’s career and life. In addition, ReThink Resilience provides guidance on how to turn these boosters into habits and includes a link to Kennedy’s Resilience Benchmark and access to her Friday 5 download.
ReThink Resilience is the perfect resource for leaders, employees, entrepreneurs, HR professionals – anyone seeking to revitalize and recharge their professional and personal lives. In fact, this book could be the perfect resource for an organization seeking to holistically empower employees and prevent burnout. Informative, empowering and insightful, the authors equip readers with the tools to boost their resilience and approach life with renewed strength and purpose. Investing in your resilience today empowers you to positively tackle the challenges of tomorrow.
ReThink Resilience: 99 Ways to ReCharge your Career and Life is available to buy on Amazon and in all good book shops
