As news about Coronavirus dominates the headlines and people are experiencing the impact on their lives and work, they are increasingly experiencing waves of anxiety, panic and fear. Psychologists refer to these feelings of loss, trauma and persistent uncertainty as an ’emotional tsunami’ and warn of the impact that prolonged stress caused by the pandemic can have on emotional wellbeing, interpersonal relationships, physical health and work performance.
The objective
Staying Strong is an ideal tool to equip your employees to cope emotionally with stress. Its focus is on strengthening resilience, optimism and ownership – a mindset that will positively impact employees’ work and lives far beyond COVID-19.
The programme provides:
- consistent messages of resilience and care creating a common language regarding wellbeing in your organisation
- HR and leaders with the tools and skills to demonstrate their care and positively impact the wellbeing of their employees
- a multi-layered blended approach with different implementation options.
The programme can be presented at different job levels, matching accredited facilitators from our team to the needs of each group.
Four implementation options
Face to face facilitation: A one-day immersive workshop where employees get the opportunity to do a deep dive into the various topics or a condensed half-day session focusing on the key content of the programme.
Virtual facilitation: We can package Staying Strong in a way to meet your specific needs e.g. two x 4-hour sessions, or three x 2,5 -hour interactive, virtual sessions.
Train The Trainer: We equip your facilitators to present the Staying Strong programme inhouse (face to face or virtual presentation).
A cost-effective DIY toolkit to use in-house for entry-level employees
Fifteen videos (5 – 7 minutes each) featuring short, powerful and relatable messages for use in team meetings. Delivered by inspirational, skilled facilitators with extensive use of powerful imagery that makes messages easy to understand and remember. You can either show them as is or we can equip your leaders with the skills and tools to facilitate team conversations on the topics.
- Leader’s conversation guide: A step-by-step guide that equips leaders of teams to have short, focussed and meaningful conversations with their teams on each video theme.
- A personal workbook: A simple, practical and relevant summary of the key video takeouts to review and share with family and friends, includes application exercises.
Here is a powerful video featuring extracts of two videos in the DIY Toolkit
What sets Staying Strong apart
Staying Strong is designed by Free To Grow, experts in learning and communication with 27 years of experience in this field.
Our diverse team of facilitators ensures you of a facilitator suited to the needs and profile of any group in your organisation.
Relevant and practical content makes messages ‘land’. The fresh, engaging and image-rich methodology make them ‘stick’
Staying Strong is suitable for all job levels, creating a common language re wellbeing across your organisation.
The programme is a natural foundation for our other engagement and personal mastery programmes.
Our excellent design capability enables us to customise the content or delivery format to meet your specific needs.
Click here to download the interactive Staying Strong e-profile
Next steps
Contact Alinda Nortje on 082 852 6323 and alinda@ftgsa.co.za or Kim van Schoor on 084 442 5619 and kim@ftgsa.co.za for a quote or to hear more about this offering and why it’s so different from anything else available.