The Little Book of HR Resilience: Practical Strategies for Busy People Professionals

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Felicity Baker Jo Burrell

The Little Book of HR Resilience

Practical Strategies for Busy People Professionals

Felicity Baker, Jo Burrell

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Ultimate Resilience Ltd
13 November 2025

Occupational & industrial psychology; Personnel & human resources management; Coping with stress; Self-help & personal development

The Little Book of HR Resilience (Updated 2025 Edition) offers clear, compassionate guidance for maintaining wellbeing in the people profession. Written by psychologists Dr Felicity Baker and Dr Jo Burrell, co-founders of Ultimate Resilience, this practical guide draws on years of pioneering work in HR mental health, resilience, and organisational wellbeing.

HR can be both rewarding and relentless. People professionals often carry the emotional weight of supporting others through change, conflict, and uncertainty while managing their own pressures. This concise yet powerful book helps readers recognise stress early, protect their energy, and develop the self-awareness and healthy habits needed to thrive in demanding roles.

Each chapter blends evidence-based insight, lived experience, and gentle reflection prompts that invite readers to pause and reconnect with their values. The authors offer realistic, down-to-earth strategies to stay grounded, maintain boundaries, and recover after difficult moments, whether managing complex employee issues or leading wellbeing initiatives.

The Updated 2025 Edition has been revised and reformatted for clarity and compliance while retaining the same core content as the original release. It continues to serve as a practical pocket-sized resource for HR, people management, and wellbeing professionals seeking a sustainable, positive relationship with their work.

Key themes include:

- Personal resilience and emotional wellbeing in HR

- Managing the emotional demands of people-centred roles

- Building self-awareness and compassionate boundaries

- Practical tools for reflection, recovery, and growth

- Creating cultures of care and psychological safety

About the authors:

Dr Felicity Baker and Dr Jo Burrell are both clinical psychologists and co-founders of Ultimate Resilience, known for evidence-based approaches to HR wellbeing and mental health. They are also the originators of HR Supervision, a pioneering model designed to support the emotional wellbeing of HR professionals and leaders.

By: Felicity Baker, Jo Burrell
Imprint: Ultimate Resilience Ltd
Edition: Updated 2025 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 86g
ISBN: 9781036973360
ISBN 10: 1036973360
Pages: 54
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Felicity Baker is a Chartered Clinical and Coaching Psychologist with over three decades of experience helping people and organisations thrive under pressure. She combines academic rigour with two decades of senior leadership in NHS psychological services before co-founding Ultimate Resilience Ltd in 2013. Felicity is co-author of The Skills-Based Model of Personal Resilience (2021) and The Interpersonal Process Model of Organisational Resilience (2023), which underpin the award-winning resilience training and supervision programmes she delivers across a range of sectors. A pioneer in HR mental health and wellbeing, she was instrumental in developing the UK's first HR Supervision programme, an innovative adaptation of clinical supervision designed to support HR professionals' emotional resilience in the workplace. In 2024, Felicity and her team at Ultimate Resilience developed The HR Mental Wellbeing Survey, the first of its kind, which revealed the hidden psychological toll of HR work and is shaping the national conversation about wellbeing in the profession. Through her research, supervision, and training, Felicity continues to lead the movement towards compassionate, evidence-based approaches that help individuals and organisations sustain both wellbeing and performance. Dr. Jo Burrell is a Chartered Clinical and Coaching Psychologist, and co-founder of Ultimate Resilience, where she has spent over a decade transforming workplace wellbeing through science-based, psychologically informed support. With over 20 years of experience in NHS mental health services, Jo has supported people through life's most complex and emotionally challenging experiences. Her passion lies in bringing psychological insights to life in practical, compassionate ways-especially for those working in high-stress, people-facing roles.A regular contributor to HR publications, Jo is also a sought-after guest on podcasts and webinars, where she shares her expertise on burnout, resilience, and mental health in the workplace. She is co-author of The Skills-based Model of Personal Resilience (2021) and The Interpersonal Process Model of Organisational Resilience (2023), both of which underpin the award-winning training and supervision programmes she delivers.In 2024, Jo and her team launched the first-ever HR Mental Wellbeing Survey, revealing the hidden psychological toll of HR work. Through supervision, training, and her writing, Jo is leading the movement to provide tailored, lasting support for the people who support everyone else.