Mentoris writes: Building up your resilience

Several years ago, I attended a leadership workshop with several other CEOs of businesses from a wide range of sectors. The workshop was facilitated by Sue Firth, the title of which was ‘Taking the Stress out of Leadership’. Sue Firth is a renowned performance coach and business psychologist, specialising in helping people navigate change so that they can perform at their best.

I recall our first challenge was to draw a straight line across the middle of a large sheet of paper. This line represented the number of years we had lived so far. Then, we were asked to create a continuous timeline, from birth up to the present day, to show the highs and the lows, on a scale of -100 to +100, that we had experienced on our journey through life. The higher the peak the more significant the high, the lower the trough, the more significant the low.