Navigating Persistent Uncertainty

Overview

This coaching call is a follow-up to our Stress Management in Uncertain Times to address what you do when uncertain times don’t seem to end. Sometimes, a team has been facing external societal challenges, grief, or organizational disruption and holding strong. Yet, it doesn’t seem to let up. Instead of calming down, you are hit by additional stressors and change. This session will focus on how participants can center themselves to keep showing up in ways that fit their values so they can support themselves and their colleagues as they navigate the disruption of change together.

Participants engage in interactive discussions to develop strategies for achieving internal stability and proactive tools for fostering healthy team functioning. 

Objectives

• Describe the impact of long-term heightened stressors on team dynamics.

• Apply acceptance and commitment strategies to reduce the cumulative impacts of current events and environmental stressors.

• Practice strategies and skills to address heightened stress in the workplace

• Generate questions, resources, strategies, and suggestions to support healthy team functioning. 

Core Skills & Concepts Addressed

• Cost of Persistent Uncertainty

• Acceptance Skills

• Commitment Skills

• Responding to Change Intentionally

Why this? Why now?

Too many employees are carrying the weight of overwhelming change alone. When organizations don’t acknowledge the persistent stress and support employees in diffusing it, what they often get is persistent disconnection and burnout. We can only address a problem when we see it, and persistent stress often requires different resources than our maintenance self-care tools.

What is Artesian Collaborative's approach to this issue?

We don’t ignore the reality of the cost of persistent uncertainty and stress; however, our therapists are experts at finding and sustaining hope, even in the darkest of circumstances. Pulling from the skills found in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, we acknowledge the real challenges your teams are facing and help them connect to the real resources and strengths that will help them get through it.

Feedback

"I got a ton out of this training and really appreciated the Q&A portion at the end which I think helped colleagues feel heard."

"Every training comes right on time. I appreciate the thorough programming and space for participation. You all are truly one of the best and a breath of fresh air."