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Professional Resilience: Building Skills to Thrive (FutureLearn)

Offered by Deakin University,

Learn how to become more resilient in your personal and professional life. In a fast-paced world facing complex global challenges resilience is no longer just a desirable skill - it’s a crucial one. Having a high level of professional and emotional resilience enables you to thrive in the face of stressful situations at work, and in life in general. On this course, you’ll learn what resilience is. You’ll explore the capabilities, skills, and self-care practices that contribute to building resilience.

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You will develop resilience skills for yourself, so you’re ready to meet both professional and personal challenges.

What topics will you cover?

overview of resilience and why it’s important
steps to becoming more resilient
building resilient capabilities and skills
building resilient self-care practices
building resilient values and engagement

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

Define and explain resilience
Apply resilience frameworks to your professional career
Create your own personal resilience plan.

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