Case studies

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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 small 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 13 enrolled in an online delivery of our Practical Resilience training, the structured modules delivered through our learning platform. This included our 60 factor Resilience Diagnostic at start and three months later. We held a virtual live session with the team we worked through four modules:

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