Elizabeth Williamson Solutions

I launched my Resilience Re:Imagined program at the Maylands Hotel, for Raising the Bar Events. Such great feedback from audience members! If your organisation, leaders, teams or key people are facing challenging times and need an inspirational uplift and motivating presentation or workshop.... Resilience Re:imagined is ready made to be tailored to be tailored to your needs and goals. If your business need is - improving workplace relationships and collaborative problem solving, - recognising and honouring the impact and challenges of organisational change, - building skills and tolerance for impending change and challenges - increasing leadership and employee wellbeing, - addressing psychological safety issues, - re-examine a business loss or disappointment to find great learning and the next positive steps Resilience Re:Imagined invites participants to a multi-dimensional, multi-disciplinary and imaginative exploration of resilience, aimed to inspire and uplift you.  New perspectives, stories and the science behind turning adversity in a perfect problem. How adept are you at taking a fresh perspective to the stresses and challenges you are facing? Resilience Re:Imagined might be just the tonic needed. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/dm9Nc_B, call +61400 219 120 or book a 30-minute discovery call at https://lnkd.in/gwMGimtc #resilience #pyschologicalsafety #wellbeingatwork #leadership #workplace

Resilience Re:imagined is a workshop so needed for our times. Resilience is about transformation and the strength of identity. We need to bring our resilience skills to consciousness while dealing with challenging or protracted situations that threaten our well-being. Resilience is a deeply personal experience, but it is also a social one. The two cannot be separated. We need guides, friends, and connections to hold onto – whether as memories or tangible support – to affirm that the scars will be worth the journey. Courage is a skill, not an emotion. All courage comes from experiencing fear first and then making a decision about your relationship to that fear and what you value most. Resilience means experiencing grief and loss: something will be lost or given away. The acceptance of loss and actually being lost in the situation is part of the process. Resilience teaches you to love your scars, confront your vulnerabilities, and recognize the transformation and the costs of the journey. Resilience teaches you to accept your problems as perfect opportunities and to say thank you to the obstacles ahead as valuable experiences. Resilience teaches you about connection. As social beings, we need a community to make the full transformation successfully. The core of resilience in the workplace is ultimately about enabling challenging and empathic conversations and relationships where individuals can grow in their role, are recognised as contributors to teams, and actively contribute to the development of their peer's wellbeing, as well as the organisation's growth. Can you think of a time that someone demonstrated this type of resilience in your workplace? What did ypou learn in the process about your own indentity? How did this empower you? #resilience #resilientworkplaces #empowerment #growthmindset #management #leadership #teambuilding #organisationalmanagement #workculture #productivity #employeeengagement #companyculture #employeeexperience #businessgrowth

"Mainly we make mistakes, there are no other options available for human beings." This is one of my favourite mantras. It's true is so many ways: - Leadership means your vulnerabilities and bad habits will be exposed-there's no use hiding them, pretending these don't exist, or blaming your staff for your stuff ups. - Couples only solve one third of their problems, and the remaining two thirds persist throughout most of their relationship. So best to argue with some humour. - It's difficult to express your thoughts in words, and equally difficult for the other person to accurately translate what you thought you meant to say. This being so, you have some great options: - Be kinder to yourself. Reassure that inner critic that while your errors feel uniquely your own, many others are struggling with the same experiences. - Judge others less harshly. When you recognise a negative trait in another person, try to find evidence of that same trait in yourself. - Make lots of relationship repairs. It's highly likely you contributed to the problem, so take responsibility with a generous attitude. - Let go of finding fault and blame. When you see a recognise a positive trait in yourself, try to find evidence of that same trait in the other person. - Enjoy the fine art of being wrong! Embrace not being right, not winning, not knowing, not being defensive, and being a little more at ease with your very human mistakes. Let's face it-it's very hard to keep a conflict going if you can say, "You know, you're probably a little right and I'm probably a little wrong. What shall we do about this interesting coincidence?" Welcome to Resilience Re:Imagined - a new program that helps business leaders and teams contribute to building resilient workplaces and environments that create trust, advance cooperation, and honor both success and the inevitablity of our human errors and failures. If you're faced with potentially losing top-performing employees and key leaders... Or have leaders exhausted and at risk of burnout caused by managing ‘people problems’... Resilience should always be considered a relational quality. To foster workplaces that are welcoming, respectful, robust, and civil, we need to rethink our assumptions about resilience. Hard times, conflict, life transitions, change management, misfortune, and bad behaviors: at different points in life, we all experience overwhelm and vulnerability. Book a 30-minute discovery call here and find out more. https://lnkd.in/gu338AzP #resiliencereimagined #resilience #leadership #workplace

I rarely talk in much detail about my personal experiences of living with spinal cord injury and the consequences of dis-ability. I don't in fact like this word 'disablity'. I prefer to describe myself as 'radically abled', because I am confronted with solving problems in daily life that few people would understand. It was a privilege to share what I have learnt both personally and professionally about what really constitutes resilience at the recent Raising the Bar event at the Maylands Hotel. Resilience is certainly not about bouncing back and individual grit or determination. Resilience is much more about honouring our scars and finding value in adversity. - We need to be more open to conversations about our difficult and challenging emotions. - Courage is only obtained through thoroughly experiencing fear. - Working through intense pain, physical or emotional, is the pathway to more creativity. - Finding your strength in a workplace to be more assertive and challenge poor behaviours requires facing the consequences of challenging resistance, abuse of power, or ineffective leadership. To do this we need a community of people to surrounded you and who can not only support this radical problem solving, but also bear witness to and receive the gifts and insights that comes from grief, suffering and pain. The community we need to foster resilience is made from a cast of characters: Companions: Those people who share our experiences and deep knowledge of the journey. - Witnesses: People who see the steps you have taken so far and admire your courage. Who will be with you for the next challenges and changes you confront. - Guides: People with the expertise and insights to guide you on your journey, who help you find the path when you get lost, and encourage you onwards again. - Receivers: People who you can give back to, who want to share from your unique experiences, who want to understand, learn and share the hidden jewels you have discovered. - Champions: People who speak up on your behalf, summon up collective, community energies, and weave the interconnecting human relationships that lead to broader changes. I intend to keep this important conversation going! Thanks to the City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters for 7 years of hosting this international event. Photo courtesy of Dylan Sanderism #resilience #nspsp #raisingthebar

Thank to Kim Delaney for spotting the time error for my earlier event posts for my free live webinar: Mastering Conflict: Introducing the Conflict Confidence Method. Make sure you can attend on this Thursday July 4 from 12.30pm - 1.30pm! Here's the zoom link to attend this live webinar: https://lnkd.in/gvXKKdvP Looking forward to some great lunch time learning

Thank to Kim Delaney for spotting the time error for my earlier event posts for my free live webinar: Mastering Conflict: Introducing the Conflict Confidence Method. Make sure you can attend on this Thursday July 4 from 12.30pm - 1.30pm! Here's the zoom link to attend this live webinar: https://lnkd.in/gvXKKdvP Looking forward to some great lunch time learning

OOPS - Please note that the free webinar - Mastering Conflict: Introducing the Conflict Confidence Method - is on this Thursday July 4 from 12.30PM - 1.30PM. My original event post had the wrong start time of 12.30AM! I know that conflict is complex, but my error with the button clicking. Now you can sleep easier. 😂

MASTERING CONFLICT: INTRODUCING THE CONFLICT CONFIDENCE METHOD WEBINAR Introducing a Simple 6 Step Model to Manage Conflict with Confidence! Learn to Confidently Manage Difficult People, Difficult Conversations & Difficult Situations ✓ Know what really works to reduce misunderstanding, assumptions and blame ✓ Understand the physiology of stress & priorities self-care ✓ Stay calm & have clear boundaries under pressure ✓ Manage unreasonable & triggering behaviours ✓ Communication strategies that reduce tension and temperature ✓ Future focused strategies that reinforce accountability 

As EOFY approaches have you measured just how well the spirit of collaboration is operating in your business? Chances are you may be missing both the data and the strategies that ensure leaders are building positive workplace relationships. Managers who foster trust tend to be more successful in motivating and retaining their employees and promoting good mental health. "A healthy employee-manager relationship centres on trust, which is built by respectful, open communication, and leading opportunities for mutual understanding... The impact is so strong that more than 80 percent of workers feel that having good mental health is more important than a high-paying job. And 67 percent of employees—and 70 percent of managers—would take a pay cut for a job that better supports their mental wellness.” Further to this: "Managers have a more significant impact on employees’ mental health (69%) than doctors (51%) or therapists (41%)—and an equal influence as a spouse or partner (69%). One in five employees feels that their job negatively affects their mental health, and the effect extends beyond the office, with work stress impacting workers’ home life (71%), well-being (64%), and relationships (62%)." The Workforce Institute at UKG, 2023 study, which included 3,400 people across 10 countries. Some of the critical assessment criteria to measuring workplace trust includes: - Clear, supportive and positive communication by leaders that avoids critical language and aligns daily actions with the values of your business. - Demonstrable attitudes and explicit statements by leaders of belief in their colleagues’ and team competency and commitment to successful team and client outcomes. - Work successes are regularly celebrated with an explicit appreciation that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: everyone who contributes, big and small, is recognised. - Leaders who consistently use statements and demonstrate behaviours about their beliefs in the value of your products, services, and the company ethos, and encouragement for their staff to do the same. - Expectations are clearly and ethically set and managed, between leadership, staff teams, and with your clients. - Leaders who demonstrate competent, positive and proactive conflict management strategies. Does your business assess have the right strategies and measures to foster cooperative and collaborative workplaces relationships? - Does your leadership team meet these criteria? - Does the level of your staff engagement suggest there is problem? - How resilient are your staff retention strategies? At Elizabeth Williamson Solutions, we have assessment, reporting and training tools for your business stability, reputation, business acumen and the outcomes that deliver great results.   Why not use this link for a free 30-minute discovery call for the exceptional new financial year: https://lnkd.in/gwMGimtc  #HealthyWorkingRelationships #PositiveWorkplaces

Wouldn't you like to deal with difficult conversations and feel like this afterwards? Want to like and lead a conflict solution where you were confident about what was possible, proud of your contributions, big or small, towards more postive relationships? Join me on Friday 4th July 12th, 12.30-1.30 pm for a free webinar introducing my Conflict Confidence Method program for better conflict management. I will be sharing research and evidence-based information from the renown thinkers and practitioners in psychology, resilience, mediation, negotiation, and relationship skills. Learn critical skills to better manage stressful conflict conversations. Here’s the link: https://lnkd.in/gTbsi3Jw Confidence is the ability to predict with reasonable certainty the outcomes of your actions. You will learn how you can increase your skills in dealing with difficult and demanding people, difficult conversations and confronting situations and gain insightful, predictably successful approaches to resolving even complex conflicts. Now that's worth celebrating! #BusinessConflictCoaching #relationshipcoach #FamilyBusiness #PositiveWorkplaces