{"id":2366,"date":"2025-01-21T20:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.dh-design.co.uk\/centrum-summer-25\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:21:14","slug":"careers-article-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital.dh-design.co.uk\/centrum-summer-25\/careers-article-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Careers Article 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Resilience is more than just bouncing back. It\u2019s the ability to navigate change, maintain performance, and manage wellbeing under pressure and stress. Here\u2019s regular Centrum columnist Ruth Napier on why it\u2019s not a one-off trait or exercise; it\u2019s a practice \u2013 rooted in mindset, preparation and undertaken consistently.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Ruth Napier,<\/strong>
Director,\u00a0<\/em>
R Napier Consulting<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why resilience matters more than ever<\/h5>

\u201cI need to take on enough challenges to keep me interested and engaged with the world, but not too many to the point where I am exhausted.\u201d MIND<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Today\u2019s business development and marketing [BDM] professionals sit at the intersection of internal pressure and external volatility: economic uncertainty, tech disruption, hybrid working, generational shifts, post-Covid fatigue, and the climate crisis.<\/p>

It\u2019s little wonder \u201cresilience\u201d is a boardroom buzzword. Businesses are evolving their working practices and adapting to a working life that embraces AI so now, more than ever, our approach to resilience is important as individuals, teams and organisations.<\/p>

In professional services, the challenge is amplified by client-first cultures and high responsiveness expectations. These pressures trickle down into BD and marketing teams \u2013 often without the autonomy or authority to influence workload or timelines: stress becomes a part of daily working life.<\/p>

BDM teams often attract service-oriented professionals who aim to over-deliver. Sometimes lumped under the label of \u2018people-pleasers\u2019 many chose this career precisely because they thrive on the energy, creativity, and challenge of working with hyper-smart individuals.<\/p>

Managing stress is very personal and differs between individuals. Research shows that it is easier to develop resilience if we aren\u2019t managing other stressors – such as money, health, family circumstances, loneliness and discrimination – which we may feel are out of our control.<\/p>

We\u2019ve all heard the jibes: \u201cGen Z are snowflakes\u201d and \u201cBoomers won\u2019t adapt.\u201d But resilience isn\u2019t about generational tropes – it\u2019s about adapting, performing and staying well under pressure. And in BD and marketing teams, where demands are fast-paced and expectations high, resilience is not a soft skill, it\u2019s business-critical.

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Ordinary magic<\/h5>

Resilience is more than just bouncing back. It\u2019s the ability to navigate change, maintain performance, and manage wellbeing under pressure. The best way to think about resilience is imagining it is a spring – if you subject a spring to stress by stretching it, it will usually spring back into shape.<\/p>

However, if you stretch it too far, too often, it won\u2019t recover. In the same way an engineer knows the tolerances of their materials, it helps to know your own resilience and – if you manage others – the tolerances of your team members.<\/p>

Five factors contribute to individual resilience:<\/p>