Resilience is a skill you can strengthen over time. This course helps participants reflect on their personal resilience, understand how to nurture it, and apply practical tools to stay positive, learn from adversity and better manage uncertainty in a constantly changing public sector environment.

Is this course right for you?

This course is designed for people who want to improve their personal resilience and strengthen their ability to remain positive and focused when dealing with difficult or challenging situations.

It may be right for you if you:

  • Want to build your personal resilience
  • Need practical tools to help you bounce back from adversity
  • Want to learn from challenging experiences
  • Are navigating uncertainty, ambiguity or change
  • Want to remain positive when dealing with difficult situations
  • Need to keep an eye on the big picture during challenging situations
  • Want to refresh and develop resilience alongside colleagues from across government

What you’ll explore

This course focuses on helping you access tools and strategies to further build your resilience and give you greater insight into areas for growth and development.

  • What is resilience?
  • Building resilience
  • How resilient are you?
  • Resources and skills for building resilience
  • Theory into practice
  • Taking action

Benefits to You and Your Organisation

  • Reflect on your personal resilience
  • Understand how to nurture and improve it
  • Focus on finding positives and learning in adversity
  • Better cope with the uncertainty and ambiguity of change
  • Refresh and develop your personal resilience with colleagues from across government
  • Learn new skills and apply useful tools at work
  • Increase your understanding of the critical role of personal resilience in the constantly changing environment of the public sector

Should Attend

Those who are seeking to improve their personal resilience should remain positive when dealing with difficult situations and keep an eye on the big picture in challenging situations.

Group Bookings

**For groups of five or more, IPAA SA can tailor the training to suit your organisation. Group bookings may also be eligible for a preferential rate. Complete the form, and our team will be in touch to discuss options. **

Learn about our speakers

Chris Ryan

Chris Ryan

BEd, GradDipBusAdmin, CIVTAA, PracCert Mediation CIArb
Centre for People Development

Chris has held a diverse range of roles in his career, both in Australia and internationally. He has successfully led learning and development projects that have enhanced both individual and organisational capability, including in his role as national manager for industry based national apprenticeship mentoring programs.

Chris has extensive management and leadership experience across many industry sectors including Defence, Banking, Aged Care and Mining.

He has certifications in several psychometric tools, is a practicing mediator and is highly regarded for his interpersonal skills and a practical approach to learning and development.

Upcoming course availability

In person

June 2026

Thursday, 25 June 2026

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Format
Face-to-face

Duration
1 full-day, 9:00am-4:30pm (8:45am registration)

Inclusions
Workbook, resources, morning tea and refreshments

Location
Adelaide CBD, SA 5000
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Costs
Personal Member $575
State Govt Member $615
Corporate Member $625
Non-Member $725

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