The Resilient Culture

Chris Tamdjidi is co-Managing Director of Awaris, a leading mindfulness and resilience consultancy. He has led resilience projects for over 50 companies. He is based in Cologne, Germany. Liane Stephan is co-Managing Director of Awaris and a systemic coach, sports psychologist and certified psychotherapist. She is based in Cologne, Germany. Dr. Silke Rupprecht is Director of Research at Awaris and teaches mindfulness at the University of Oxford Mindfulness Centre. She is based in Hamburg, Germany. Michael Mackay Richards is a global economic and political research analyst and certified meditation instructor with the British School of Meditation. He works freelance for the research arm of The Economist Group, as well as for Fitch. He is based in London, UK.

Chapter - 00: Introduction – facing up to modern challenges to resilience;
Chapter - 01: Dispelling common resilience myths;
Chapter - 02: Navigating our inner landscape;
Chapter - 03: 12 key resilience skills;
Chapter - 04: Resilience competencies and profiles;
Chapter - 05: The role of mindfulness in resilience;
Chapter - 06: Developing our resilience skills;
Chapter - 07: From ‘I’ to ‘we’ – the importance of business culture;
Chapter - 08: How to build resilience skills at the business-wide level;
Chapter - 09: Team resilience skills;
Chapter - 10: The importance of having resilient leaders;
Chapter - 11: Why resilience is a business responsibility;
Chapter - 12: Anchoring We-silience in Businesses;
Chapter - 13: Epilogue – a letter to a business leader;
Chapter - 14: Appendix I – why wellbeing approaches fall short compared to skill-building approaches;
Chapter - 15: Appendix II – the physiological, psychological and behavioural outcomes of our three resilience competencies;
Chapter - 16: Appendix III – our approach to implementing organization-wide resilience interventions;