Assessing resilience
How to assess individual and organizational resilience?
In order to future proof your organization, making sure you are fit for change - whether it is self initiated or turbulence due to market or economical twists - building resilience is important. Obviously this means, both the individuals and the organization as a whole need to be prepared. Well, actually "prepared" is not enough.
We want to secure a steady, strong resilient baseline that will carry us through these times, bounce back from “stress” - and if possible coming out even stronger! Some might even state becoming more “anti-fragile” by doing so.
It’s crucial to understand "the keys" in corporate structure, processes, tools available - for making your business and organization more resilient, and see how these can be linked or turned into “walk the talk” leadership practices.
From an individual’s perspective self leadership seems to be one of the key topics when it comes to developing and maintaining resilience. Starting from; the better you know yourself, the better you may lead yourself. The better you are in listening to your “internal system” the better you will be able to steer." The same really applies to an organization.
The Saga Performance Corporate Systems Approach
We recommend looking into the following. Assessing the current state from individual and group perspectives and drawing up a development plan as it suits the organization and it’s members. An external advisor can help you with this work. We do not recommended solely rely on subjective self-assessments and rather utilize analyses, testing and data whenever possible - and only then compare or match these with subjective feedback.
In a nutshell the Systems Approach tells us all the following areas and topics are not “either or” nor should they be treated as separate but rather to analyze how they impact and connect with one another. Both from risk and benefit perspectives.
To further simplify, we need to look into individuals’ relation to these three: “purpose - willingness - ability” when under stress, how an individual physically and mentally copes and leads themselves and do the same with the team / organization, translated into “strategy - culture - structure” and every day leadership when going through turbulent times.
The stronger the current corporate culture and “walk the talk leadership” the bigger likelihood we have a resilient organization with resilient individuals.
Capacity & Productivity
Wellbeing & Stress
Leadership & Walking the Talk
Network & Support
Culture & Motivation
Vision & Purpose
Structure & Roadmap
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