Introducing the “Resilience at Work” wellbeing toolkit

April 20, 2021

This message is shared on behalf of Human Resources and the Office of Wellbeing.

Wake Forest Colleagues,

We are writing to introduce you to the “Resilience at Work” wellbeing toolkit, a resource that we hope each of you will find useful in the coming months and years. Over the last 13 months each of us has had to pivot, adapt, and find new internal resources to support one another and the mission of Wake Forest. This pulling together has been essential and yet at times it may have also left us and our colleagues feeling depleted and overwhelmed.

In recent weeks, a team of campus experts from the Office of Wellbeing and Human Resources have assembled research-based strategies that managers and supervisors can use to continue to support themselves and their colleagues. It is our hope that you find the resulting toolkit to be useful, accessible, and with clear action steps for leaders who come from all areas within our university community. There are quick tips and opportunities for deeper dives. We encourage each of you to come back to this toolkit often, as you work one-on-one, prepare for upcoming office or department meetings, plan retreats, or develop strategic plans. In addition, beginning last week we started to share tips for resilience in the weekly “Updates from Human Resources” newsletter.

As the wellbeing of our employees is a clear institutional priority, we also expect that this resource will evolve to meet the changing needs of our community. Let us know how you use the resources in this toolkit – what you need more of and how we can continue to support you.

With deep gratitude,

Dr. James D. Raper
Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellbeing

Dedee DeLongpré Johnston
Vice President for Human Resources and Sustainability