As today’s workforce navigates a dynamic environment, the need for skills that enhance wellbeing, resilience and optimism is an important priority. By focusing on their people’s needs, leaders can provide tools to empower their teams with confidence and resilience. This foundation strengthens collaborative efforts, fostering productive and positive workplaces that drive both individual and organisational success.   

 Here are some key considerations for helping your team to thrive:  

Observing and engaging with purpose

In our experience, senior leaders in organisations can clearly state their purpose. A key question is, does this flow throughout the organisation? Leadership requires active observation and engagement. Effective leaders assess if their teams demonstrate a spirit of collaboration, pride, and understanding of purpose rather than facing undue stress and uncertainty and a lack of connection with the organisation’s vision or mission. By observing and assessing how our teams and people are working and behaving, leaders can spot areas where support is needed, paving the way for a healthy workplace culture rooted in mutual respect and motivation and alignment with the organisation’s purpose.  

Addressing states of ‘not coping’
  

With clear pathways for development and growth, leaders can nurture a thriving team equipped to handle challenges constructively and ensure they contribute to the organisation’s goals. When people struggle to cope at work, it impacts both their wellbeing, team morale and performance. It’s essential for leaders to recognise signs of struggle and implement supportive measures that align with each person’s needs.  

Embracing positive challenges
  

Work should offer both challenge and fulfillment, supported by a culture of encouragement and growth. While stress is natural in dynamic environments, prolonged excess stress is detrimental and can lead to a state of not coping. Leaders need to create environments that balance the benefits of challenge with robust support structures, ensuring people feel capable, valued and prepared for their roles.  

Cultivating resilience to thrive
  

Resilience is a skill that transforms setbacks into opportunities. By cultivating resilience, people can become adept at navigating change with confidence. Equipping people with tools and strategies to develop their ‘resilience muscle’ is a wise investment to enhance wellbeing at work. Structured resilience-building programmes, such as MGI’s Resilience training, provide proven benefits, enhancing both individual and team performance and enabling people to manage the challenges and demands of the modern workplace.  

Leading teams along the Thriving Pathway
  

Progressing from ‘not coping’ to ‘thriving’ is an achievable goal that can be nurtured through a supportive framework. MGI’s Thriving Pathway offers a tailored approach, guiding each team member toward consistent wellbeing and productivity. By empowering employees with resilience-building tools, leaders can foster environments where every team member thrives, an essential foundation for a successful organisation.  

Building core skills for workplace success
  

Thriving at work requires a foundational set of skills:   

 - a healthy, optimal mindset to drive motivation 

 - able to self-assess and self-manage 

 - able to collaborate to find solutions and problem-solve 

 - focused prioritisation  

 - impactful communication.   

MGI’s Learning Journeys provide these critical tools, ensuring that each person is equipped with a suite of tools to transition from simply coping to thriving. Empowered with resilience and wellbeing strategies, people become motivated, productive and aligned with organisational goals, enabling them to flourish in their roles. 

Find out more about how our Resilience training programmes can help your people thrive in your workplace. 

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