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Thursday

27 Feb 2025

Peer Learning

The Importance of Resilience in Business

9:00am
The Aberdeen Altens Hotel
Aberdeen

Peer Works

This session explores the critical role of resilience in helping businesses navigate challenges, adapt to change, and thrive in the face of adversity. 

Join us to learn practical tools and techniques for enhancing your own and your organisation’s resilience.

“In today’s rapidly changing business environment, resilience has become a cornerstone for sustainable success.” – Louise Richardson

In this session, Louise Richardson (CEO, Absafe) will define resilience in a business context, focusing on key components like adaptability, perseverance, and recovery. She will highlight how resilience helps businesses not only survive crises but also seize opportunities. Louise will discuss leadership’s role in fostering resilience and the importance of strategic planning.

Attendees will gain practical tools for enhancing their own resilience and that of their organisations, including developing resilient mindsets and strong networks. The session will also explore the long-term benefits of resilience, such as increased agility and competitiveness, to drive growth and success.

Louise has served as the CEO of Absafe for over five years, steering the organisation with a vision dedicated to enhancing safety through education and engagement. Her extensive career spans more than 35 years, working within communities from newborns to the older generation, focusing on their wellbeing and safety. Louise’s multifaceted career reflects her deep commitment to improving lives through health, education, and the arts, making her a respected leader and advocate in her field.