FutureLearn
Professional Resilience: Building Skills to Thrive at Work Course - Deakin University

Online, Australia

DEGREE TYPE

Course

DURATION

2 weeks

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Part time

Key Summary

About: Learn to handle stress at work and life by building resilience skills. You’ll study resilience frameworks, coping strategies, emotional resilience, workplace wellbeing and self‑care, and create a personal resilience plan. The course is Certified by The CPD Certification Service and runs multiple times; you can join after it starts. Study 100% online with Deakin University, taught by Marcus O'Donnell today.

Career Outcomes: This course supports career development in leadership, HR, learning and development and wellbeing coordination. Employers value skills in stress management, team wellbeing and change management. Potential roles: team leader, HR officer, wellbeing coordinator, learning and development specialist.

Learn how to deal with stress at work and in your personal life through building resilience skills.

Discover how to build resilience skills to empower your life and career

In a fast-paced world facing complex global challenges, resilience skills are no longer desirable – they’re crucial.

Having a high level of professional and emotional resilience enables you to thrive in the face of stressful situations at work, and in life in general.

In this course, you’ll learn what resilience is. You’ll explore the capabilities, skills, and self-care practices that contribute to building resilience. You will develop resilience skills for yourself, so you’re ready to meet both professional and personal challenges.

This course is proudly Certified for Professional Development by CPD UK.

Who is this accredited by?

The CPD Certification Service: This course has now been accredited by The CPD Certification Service.

When would you like to start?

Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts.

Available now

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to:

Define and explain resilience.
Apply resilience frameworks to your professional career.
Create your own personal resilience plan.

Who will you learn with?

Marcus O'Donnell

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) at Deakin. He has worked in the media & health industries, & his research includes digital learning, contemplative pedagogies, & student resilience.