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Description

Professional Resilience: Absorbing Pressure, Recovering and Bouncing Back for the Long Term

One day to move through difficult periods without burning out and to regain your capacity to act

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

The workload increased and never came back down. A reorganisation wiped out the work of the past few months. Sleep deteriorates and irritation creeps into even the simplest exchanges. The temptation is to hold on a little longer without changing anything.

One day to regain control over what is within your reach. You identify your personal overload signals and the sources of support you already draw on without thinking. You test short recovery techniques that can be used between two meetings. You formulate a limit you can sustain and leave with a personal vigilance plan for the months ahead.

Learning objectives

  • Identify your personal overload signals before reaching breaking point
  • Distinguish what is within your control from what is not in a situation imposed on you
  • Apply recovery techniques that fit into a working day
  • Use a setback or an imposed change to adjust your professional practice
  • Formulate a limit to your management line or to your counterparts

What makes this programme different

Work carried out on a difficult situation genuinely experienced by each participant
Short recovery techniques tested during the day
A personal plan of support sources and limits written by the end of the session

Programme

1Identifying What Wears You Down and What Holds You Up

Your own signals

  • Tension factors linked to workload, the meaning of work and relationships
  • Physical, emotional and behavioural signals of overload
  • Personal resources and sources of support already used without thinking
  • Distinguishing a temporary difficulty from established exhaustion

2Regaining Control of the Situation

Acting where it is possible

  • Separating what is within your control from what is not
  • Reframing an imposed situation into accessible actions
  • Short recovery techniques usable between two meetings
  • Asking for help and formulating a sustainable limit

3Bouncing Back and Lasting

After the hard knock

  • Analysing a setback or an imposed change without self-blame
  • Transferable lessons drawn from the episode
  • Maintaining your professional support network over time
  • Building a personal vigilance and recovery plan

Who is it for

Managers and project managers as well as employees exposed to a heavy workload or to repeated organisational changes.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.