Exercise - Appreciating your strengths

The exercise

Look at the Robertson Cooper model¹ diagram above and pick out some areas where you feel you / your team are strong.

1. Write down an example of when you / your team have used each of those strengths.
2. Can you / your team use these strengths in any challenges you face today?
3. Note down two actions you / your team could take in the next week to use your strengths to build your resilience.

1. Adapted from Cooper, Flint-Taylor & Pearn; Building Resilience for Success: A Resource for Managers and Organisations; Palgrave MacMillan, 2013