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Build resilience in your leaders

Resilient leaders perform better under pressure, have better cognitive function, enjoy better physical health and are more effective at positively influencing others. Equip your leaders today with the tools they need to build resilience and thrive.

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Support your leaders to think, feel and perform at their best
Create role models for protective behaviours

Prepare your organisation for whatever the future brings
Drive positive change from the top

What is resilience?

Resilience is a term which is arguably over-used in the workplace. Building resilience is not a tick-box exercise – it is an active learning process.

At Positive, we think of resilience as the ability to adapt and thrive in the face of adversity. Resilience helps leaders to manage challenges effectively and recover more quickly from setbacks. It allows them to navigate difficult times, without their performance or wellbeing suffering. With the world of work changing so rapidly, leadership resilience has become fundamental to team and organisational success.

Importantly, resilience is a dynamic process rather than a fixed trait. With the right support, anyone can build resilience.

Why is building resilience in leaders so important for organisations?

Life can be difficult – especially for leaders – and it can often feel lonely at the top. Without the right tools, everyday challenges can quickly have a negative impact on both wellbeing and performance. This then has repercussions for other individuals and teams, as well as the organisation as a whole.

By helping your leaders to develop resilience, you’re giving them the tools to manage whatever the future brings. Resilient leaders have a greater tolerance of uncertainty, make more measured decisions, show greater cognitive flexibility and have higher emotional literacy.

Leaders who demonstrate these core skills are also more effective at positively influencing and motivating others. Our research found that leaders who are perceived as good role models for psychological awareness improve resilience in their workforce by 17% (data from a Professional Services Firm; n=1408, collected Spring 21).

How can organisations build resilience in their leaders?

Our research suggests an incredible 75% of leaders feel they don't have high levels of resilience (data from a Professional Services Firm; n=100, Jan 2022). Fortunately, we can change this. Building resilience starts with improving awareness and understanding. Once leaders are familiar with the foundational science that underpins resilience, they can use practical tools and techniques to address real-world challenges.

Resilience is not something we can build in the absence of challenge or adversity. It's the application of knowledge and tools, that over time can shift patterns of thinking and behaving.

75^%

of leaders feel they don’t have high levels of resilience^*

1 in 4

leaders feel they can’t bounce back quickly from challenges^†

*Positive data from a Professional Services Firm (n=100; Jan 2022), †Positive data from a Professional Services Firm (n=180; Spring 21),

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Building resilience with Positive Group

At Positive, we take a scientific, integrated approach to building resilience.

Our Positive Leaders programme has been specifically designed to build a core psychological skillset, which supports leaders to develop greater resilience. It does this by combining insights from psychology, neuroscience and the medical sciences, with focused data and practical tools.

To ensure maximum impact, we recommend pairing Positive Leaders with Positive Executive, a one-off transformational masterclass for your executive team that builds shared understanding and motivation for change. To promote more widespread awareness and understanding around resilience, we offer short, dynamic talks, which can be delivered virtually or in-person. Lastly, our Positive Insights tool can help you understand your people's current cognitive performance and resilience and provide you with personalised recommendations for targeted action.

A blended, four-part programme to equip your leaders with core psychological skills. Build resilience in your most influential employees, establish role models for protective behaviours and drive positive change from the top.

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“The virtual sessions were skilfully delivered, with a seamless and articulate narrative. Our leaders now have the tools to care for and support their people – and the feedback’s been outstanding.”

Simon Levine
Co-Global CEO and Managing Partner at DLA Piper