Building resilience for success
Subtitle: a resource for managers and organizations
By: Cary L. Cooper,  Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University, England, Jill Flint-Taylor, Director, Rusando Ltd, UK, and Michael Pearn, Founder & CEO, Pearn Consulting LLC, San Francisco, US
Contributors: Flint-Taylor, Jill; Pearn, Michael
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780230361287
Subjects: Personnel management; Industrial relations; Communication in management; Resilience (Personality trait); BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture
Description: "What can help employees to stay effective in the face of tough demands and difficult circumstances, and equip them to bounce back from setbacks?   When it comes to workplace pressure, managers' actions can mean the difference between improving or permanently damaging resilience in the workforce. Drawing on contemporary research and professional case studies, the authors of this definitive guide examine the main sources of work related stress, and explore how personal resilience can be developed both within and outside the work context. They take the value of resilience beyond bouncing back, to include sustainable recovery, buffering against ongoing stress, and measurable benefits for business performance. The result is an expert resource for managers and professionals including human resource specialists, learning and development practitioners and organizational psychologists. It includes suggestions and proven techniques for commissioning, designing and delivering resilience-building solutions for the workplace"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: INTRODUCTION; title: PART I; title: 1. Understanding Resilience; title: 2. "The Individual + The Situation" - Personal Resilience at Work; title: 3. Resilience Building Over the Years: From Remedial to Performance-enhancing; title: PART II; title: 4. What Individuals Can Do To Build Their Resilience; title: 5. What Individuals Can Do: Stregthening the Four Personal Resilience Resources; title: 6. Organizational Approaches: The Individual at Work; title: 7. Organizational Interventions: The Workplace Situation; title: Part III; title: 8. The Future of Resilience and its Role in Achieving Wider Organizational Objectives.