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The stress test In a relentlessly changeable world, personal resilience is an essential attribute. Here’s how to stay healthy and happy in difficult times BY LEONA DEAKIN
eath and taxes aside, change is one of the few certainties in life. Right now, the pace of change within organisations is particularly rapid – and relentless. Gone are last century’s familiar waves of innovation followed by periods of stability in which a company or industry could relax and assimilate.
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Instead, in a world of fast, unlimited and often unanticipated technological potential, flexibility amid change is now the key to success. And if you’re not keeping up, you’ve already lost. For leaders and employees alike, this onslaught of disruption presents a challenge. Human beings bounce back from stress most effectively when it’s acute and followed by a period of rest. Stress that is chronic and ongoing
can have profound and long-term effects on wellbeing, motivation and productivity. And increasingly, today’s workforces are showing higher levels of stress-related conditions – with businesses taking a hit in terms of sickness, absences and lower productivity. According to psychologists, resilience – the ability to bounce back quickly from an adverse
