Proven methods to sustain the supporters

The Resilience Journey

Proven methods to sustain the supporters

Trusted training and tools to equip mission-driven people to achieve big, hard and meaningful things when the pressure is on.

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To prevent burnout and to perform and thrive under pressure

We must solve three key problems

1. Self-care is hard to do under pressure
2. Tired teams become a source of stress rather than support
3. Organizational factors and unprepared leaders contribute to burnout

Self-care is hard to do under pressure

There’s a huge gap between knowing the
importance of self-care and being able to put these things in place under pressure. We must help our people move from knowing it to doing it.

“I was told I needed to look after myself but couldn’t do it. If only I’d found a way because I can’t undo that bad decision, get my marriage back or reverse the
health impacts.”

Tired teams become a source of stress rather than support

There’s incredible power within teams to support or undermine each other’s wellbeing, but we’re not at our best when we’re tired. Team dynamics and performance suffer.

“We rallied together initially, but as time wore on and tiredness kicked in, we split apart and that impacted both us and the work.”

Organizational factors and unprepared leaders contribute to burnout

Asking people to practice self-care without addressing the organizational factors that contribute to burnout doesn’t work. We risk harming even the most resilient and capable of people.

“When the canary in the coalmine falls
off its perch, the answer usually isn’t a stronger canary.”

3 key problems = 3 powerful opportunities

"We’ve been around since the 1940s, and this is the first time we’ve found a resource that truly speaks to both individual and organizational resilience. That’s hard to find, but now that we have it, I think it’s invaluable.”

Kayla Aragon - Director of Personnel Management, National Emergency Management & Response

"Hummingly's innovative tools and training grew out of the lived experience of working in emergencies. They are grounded in science and are masterfully designed. This is what makes them so powerful."

Dr Regardt Ferreira - Director Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy, Tulane University

“Rest assured that your formula has changed many lives. You helped every one of my colleagues. We left differently than we came in.”

Valerie Holloman - National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

“These cards offer advice from disaster recovery professionals who have ‘been there’ many times over.”

Mary Comerio - University of California, Berkeley

“Our staff are in high-stakes situations on a daily basis and it's taken an emotional toll. After all these years of not having an answer to the challenges they face, this in-depth approach to the self-care of staff who are pressured day in and day out was just what we needed.”

Jeannie Mansill - CEO, Project Unity

"The absolute highlights for me were the 'aha moments' when I could see my leaders kick back in their chairs and nod! Amazing."

Jennifer Stansberry-Miller - CE, Mental Health America of Indiana

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