We define resilience as the learned ability to demonstrate bounce, courage, connection and creativity.
With teams in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, North America, South East Asia and China, we offer proven training solutions that increase resilience, build leadership capability and facilitate team flow. Over 70,000 individuals have experienced our unique approach.
The proof is in the results
Review our report of over 26,000 Resilience Diagnostics to see the impact of our training across all sixty factors of resilience.
Below are examples of resilience training success. If you’d like us to help your team or organisation manage stress, increase productivity and become high performing, contact us today.
Client case studies
Global Professional Services Firm
Case study in how resilience empowers leadership development
The Challenge:
The premier leadership development program had a specific requirement to bring high potential leaders from around the world into a consistent process to enable them to become global client leaders.
The Engagement
130 participants engaged in an intensive three-day workshop in resilience and leadership. Supported by online modules and coaching, they continued the journey for three months. Key topics covered:
- Insight: building self awareness across the range of human experience from the death spiral to optimal performance
- Mastery: constructing a daily discipline to cultivate optimal wellbeing, emotional intelligence and mental strength
- Influence: learning to connect with advanced empathy, influence and flexible leadership styles
- Participants completed our 60 factor Resilience Diagnostic at start and three months later.
The Impact
A 22% improvement in overall resilience. The Resilience Ratio improved from 1.4 Assets to each liability to 1.71. Highlights include:
- 39% increase in physical activity
- 19% increase in relaxation
- 14% increase in quality nutrition
- 26% reduction in overactive mind at night
- 22% reduction in distress (stress symptoms)
- 19% reduction in working late
Technology Team
Case study in how resilience empowers technology
The Challenge:
A technology team building innovative online solutions, under enormous delivery objectives, long hours and challenging disruptive launches. The CEO wanted to support the team to ensure they were well prepared as the business grows.
The Engagement
A group of employees enrolled in
- Bounce: understanding resilience, how it fails and how to bounce back fast
- Physical Vitality: using prevention, exercise, sleep and nutrition to perform
- Performance Mindset: emotional literacy, impulse control, positivity and attention
- Reframing, Flow and Integration of practice into life and work
The Impact
A 22% improvement in overall resilience. The Resilience Ratio improved from 1.4 Assets to each liability to 1.71.. Specific factor change highlights:
- 30% increase in daily practice commitment
- 30% improvement in quality nutrition
- 27% increase in healthchecks
- 24% increase in decisiveness
- 39% reduction in worry
- 35% reduction in insomnia (disturbed sleep)
- 32% reduction in confusion
Banking – Internal Audit Team
Case study in how resilience empowers professionals
The Challenge:
An internal audit team of a major bank was looking for a programme to prepare the team for the major changes in process and internal engagement, and the way the audit team serves the bank. This involved significant change in process and people.
The Engagement
The team completed the Resilience Diagnostic and engaged in a half-day workshop to understand Resilience and define the practical skills that they could use to negotiate change:
- Bounce: understanding resilience, how it fails and how to bounce back fast
- Physical Vitality: using prevention, exercise, sleep and nutrition to perform
- Performance Mindset: emotional literacy, impulse control, and attention
The Impact
A 23% improvement in overall resilience. The Resilience Ratio improved from 1.56 Assets to each liability to 1.92. Specific factor change highlights:
- 40% increase in regular fitness sessions
- 33% increase in enthusiasm
- 29% increase in positivity
- 47% reduction in sadness
- 44% reduction in distress (stress symptoms)
- 36% reduction in overactive mind at night
- 29% reduction in impulse control
Energy Industry – Management Team and Staff
Case study in how resilience supports leaders and staff through restructure
The Challenge:
To support a leadership team and staff of 300 across several countries to better cope with change and pressure in a 24/7 operational environment.
The Engagement
Working across 4 bands of management, from senior leadership to field managers and staff, the engagement included:
- Pre-program resilience Diagnostic
- Enthusing Keynote Launch event
- Practical Resilience for Leaders Workshop
- Rollout of Resilience to staff, including themed activities
- “Sustain the Change” group coaching sessions
- Post program evaluation
The Impact
15% increase of the group resilience ratio across the board
Key improvement areas included Physical Vitality and Stress Management
Learned resilience positively influences the way people think about themselves (less worry, hypervigilance, self-criticism) and their physical well-being (better sleep, nutrition, fitness, relaxation). Participants who have engaged with the Resilience Institute have achieved, on average, a 0.55 increase in Resilience Ratio.
– From the 2016 Global Resilience Report