A practical guide to building a key competency for dealing with today's stressful environment of rapid change.

Resilience at work matters. It increases our capacity to respond in healthy and productive ways to the many stressors in today's organizations.

In 2019, the World Health Organization concluded that burnout, the outcome of chronic stress at work, is an emerging occupational threat to health and well-being. But work stress is not only an individual person's problem; it is also an organizational issue. And the responsibility for dealing with it starts with leaders.

This practical field guide shows leaders at all levels how to build resilience in themselves, their teams and throughout
the organization, enhancing capacity to deal with adversity and bounce back stronger.
* Shows how you can become a resilient leader who is able to lead others with self-awareness, competence and confidence.
* Offers practical tools, strategies, tips, and checklists that challenge your assumptions, encourage deeper levels of learning, and help you practise resilience on a day-to-day basis.
* Helps you and those you lead fully connect to your work and working relationships, leading to a healthier culture, increased productivity and better business results.

The Resilient Leader Field Guide empowers you to create a positive, engaged culture of collaboration and to nurture a strong, vital workplace where everyone can learn from the inevitable challenges-emerging resilient and able to contribute and thrive.

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Karon West is an organizational development and change facilitator with 35 years of experience helping people at all levels of their organizations learn, grow, and reach their potential. She specializes in strategy development, organizational change, coaching, and leadership and team development. Her expertise provides a unique perspective on healthy workplace cultures. She has experience in cross-cultural and international learning environments.

Karon has partnered with a wide variety of clients across diverse industries, globally and nationally, including Bell Canada, Cadbury Adams, Canadian Medical Association, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), The Hospital for Sick Children, IBM, Sunoco, University Health Network, and the World Bank. Her roots are as a leader in health care, where she continues to facilitate healthy change.

Karon tailors her consulting approach to the needs of her clients to build collaboration and accountability for successfully leading people and business results. Social change and collaborative working structures in which people learn and thrive continue to hold her deep interest. Recently, Karon has focused her passion and time on helping leaders create and lead resilient organizations where people come to work feeling safe, healthy, energized, and capable.