Course Description: Resilience is not just about enduring hard times—it’s about finding meaning, reclaiming joy, and rising again with purpose and clarity. In today’s rapidly changing world, cultivating resilience is a critical life skill that empowers us to navigate uncertainty, spring forward from adversity, and grow through challenge. This highly interactive workshop invites participants to move beyond the idea of simply “powering through” and instead explore the mindset, skillset, and practices that support real, sustainable resilience—individually and in community.

Participants will engage in reflection, storytelling, and small-group dialogue to explore how values, purpose, connection, and emotional agility can be leveraged to build internal reserves and external support systems. Through guided activities, participants will identify their personal sources of strength, map out a resilience plan using real-life tools, and leave with actionable habits to stay grounded and energized in the face of ongoing change.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define resilience in a way that reflects both personal identity and collective experience, distinguishing between surviving and thriving.

• Identify and reflect on their core values and personal “why” to create an internal foundation for resilience.

• Apply the Robertson Cooper Model of Resilience to assess current strengths and areas for growth across four domains: purposefulness, confidence, support, and adaptability.

• Map personal resilience strategies using the “4 S’s” framework—Supportive people, Strategies, Sources of sagacity, and Solution-seeking behaviors.

• Practice one-minute resilience habits that support mindset shifts, energy renewal, and emotional regulation.

• Foster psychological safety and give grace—to both themselves and others—by identifying practical ways to create supportive environments that encourage risk-taking, vulnerability, and compassion.

Audience: This class is for all Washington University in St. Louis staff and faculty at any level (Leading Self, Others, or the Organization )

Facilitator: Juman Al Bukhari, PhD, EdD – Senior Consultant, HR Learning and Development

With a background in professorship, research, and expertise in higher education leadership, along with a doctorate in the field, Juman enjoys delivering, facilitating, and teaching courses that develop WashU employees’ critical thinking, creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills. She incorporates theory and practice into her teaching to allow for practical exploration of real-life situations. Additionally, she actively fosters collaboration and strives to achieve organizational goals aligned with WashU’s mission and vision.

Questions:
Contact HR-LearnandDevelop@wustl.edu

No-Show and Late Cancellation Fees:  Cancellations received less than five (5) business days prior to scheduled class will result in a $50 cancellation fee charged to their department. If you’re no longer able to attend, please drop your registration in Workday Learning.

In case of illness or another emergency, please contact HR-LearnandDevelop@wustl.edu. Exceptions to the above guidelines are on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the L&D team

All programs are subject to change.