Resilience Review Activities

Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To help participants recall many of the key learning points at the end of a training session about attitude and mindset.

Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Anyone attending a course or workshop that focuses on attitude and mindset.

You'll Need:
• A printed copy of the large (A3) Trainer version of the Word Search grid provided, affixed to a flipchart.

Notes:
A small prize for the winning team would be nice, though not essential.

Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To explain what participants have learnt about ‘personal resilience’.
• Describe the ways in which a bouncy rubber ball is like a resilient person.
• Summarise the key elements that help to create resilience.

Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of any size.

You'll Need:
• A bouncy rubber ball for each participant.

Time:
This exercise will take about 20 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To encourage participants to reflect on challenges they’ve faced and identify what they’ve learnt from them.

Group Size:
Suitable for use with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Everyone.

You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.

Notes:
This activity was written as a way to reflect on and move forward from the pandemic of 2020. However, it can be easily adapted and used not just to review a year, but, for example, a challenging experience or significant change that participants have been through. This can be a useful way to launch training around resilience, change or a planning session.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
This exercise will take about 5 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To identify the frequency of negative thoughts in our ‘inner dialogue’ and understand the impact these have on performance.
• To recognise situations or circumstances that might trigger anxieties and negative thoughts.

Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of almost any size.

You'll Need:
• 20 Negative Thinking Tokens per participant.
• 1 small moneybox (or small tray) for every 3 participants.

Notes:
This module involves a simple ‘side’ activity that continues throughout a workshop/course day with discussion at the end of the day.