Wilderness introduces ‘Staying Strong’

Staying Strong is designed to equip and support staff at all levels in the post-pandemic environment and was carefully researched before implementation. Created to delve beyond the initial support and skills-building techniques, supervisors and management at all levels of the business will use the video-based toolkit to facilitate regular wellbeing conversations with staff, expanding the reach of the programme.

Andrew McDonald, Wilderness Group HR Manager is extremely excited to roll out this programme to all Wilderness regions, noting, ‘One of the things I love is that the programme is targeted at frontline employees, though I feel it will be beneficial to all our office and camp staff’.

The Staying Strong programme is a wellbeing initiative to help build employees’ emotional fitness (resilience, optimism, ownership and flexibility), and to help them persevere during tough times. Tools are used to help staff ‘break through instead of break down’ during difficult situations. Another great motivation is that Staying Strong is done in team groups, which creates deeper conversations and connections amongst colleagues.