Building Resilience When It Matters Most - Virtual

Personal benefits

This program will help you better navigate pressure, regardless of the source. You’ll leave with strategies to:

• Translate pressure into growth and use challenging situations to your advantage
• Recover more quickly when you get knocked out of your comfort zone
• Perform to your potential when it matters most
• Stay healthier through pressure
• Emerge from high pressure periods without regret

Organizational benefits

Organizations will benefit from facilitating their leaders’ development. They will see:

• Higher productivity in the midst of challenging times
• Quicker recovery and more resilience in the face of setbacks
• More even-keeled leadership and therefore stronger employee engagement
• Greater agility in the face of change and pressure

The program covers the four key choices you can make to enhance your resilience:

• The vital role of mindfulness in fostering resilience – and how to build moments of mindfulness into your day
• How perspective impacts resilience – and a practical process for reframing adversity and tapping into the power of optimism
• How to manage your inner thermostat to preserve energy through the days and weeks
• The role that imagination plays – and how to align your mental ‘game film’ with the movies that support recovery and performance

Dynamic Virtual Classroom

Participate in the program from anywhere. Our online learning platform combines live, interactive video instruction with breakout sessions, panel discussions, and expert Q&A.

Our learning platform is fully encrypted, allowing you to connect securely from home, office or anywhere in between.

Virtual programs are designed to fit within your schedule, allowing you to learn new skills and immediately put them to work.

Session Leaders

Session leaders include senior professors from Smith School of Business and knowledgeable experts from industry. These outstanding teachers are constantly in touch with today's business world through real-world business experience, Board memberships and their own consulting practices.

Garry Watanabe

Consultant
Third Factor

Garry is a lawyer, an instructor at Queen's Smith School of Business, a coach development expert, and holds a Master’s Degree in Sport Psychology. He spent the first five years of his career in the world of corporate law before a passion for coaching led him to switch careers to become a professional swimming coach. He then spent the next eight years directing elite swimming programs, first in Canada and then in Southern California—arguably the most competitive swimming environment in North America. Looking to combine his business experience with his coaching background, he joined Third Factor - a company focused on helping individuals, teams, and organizations harness the power of pressure. Since then, he has worked with high performers in the worlds of business, Olympic sport, healthcare and education, helping them apply the principles of coaching, collaboration and resilience in their most crucial performances.