The Resilience for Actuaries course is an interactive training course that ensures that the concepts presented are immediately applied through various exercises whether individually or in small groups. It is designed to give you a solid foundation on the topic of resilience to increase your own and even transmit that knowledge to your colleagues or team.
The particular requirements and demands on actuaries and the work you do have considerably increased, which can lead to overwhelm, stress and a sense that meaning is lacking. This is an important aspect when considering resilience from a work perspective.
While personal resilience includes looking at work-related issues, it also necessitates to look at the other aspects of your life. The course will give you the opportunity to reflect on the bigger picture, to identify important areas of improvement and to implement the needed habits or changes. A small change can make a huge difference and the work of building and increasing resilience will continue even after the course.
At the end of the course, you will know exactly what to implement in your life for more resilience, more confidence and less stress. You may even start to thrive in challenging environments!
Benefits and advantages of the overall 12-hour course are:
- Awareness and management of own resources
- Awareness and management of energy level
- Awareness of own motivations, strengths and deficiencies
- More clarity in roles, objectives and direction
- More psychological safety through your networks
- Stronger sense of own responsibility
- More resilience, more confidence and less stress, even when things seem out of control
- Better physical and mental health
- A non-judgemental space where room is given to your thoughts, feelings and experiences
- Exchanges with like-minded actuaries
Note that this is not for you if:
- you need a confirmation that you're a victim of a situation
- you want to criticize actions that are taken by others
- you're not ready to dig deeper