Resiliency

Course Description

In times of crisis and adversity leadership is essential.  The course RESILIENT LEADERSHIP For Emergency Services and Healthcare Professions is a unique science based program which prepares leaders to create an organizational culture of resilience.

Frontline leaders/managers will find Resilient Leadership especially useful. Topics include resilience oriented communications, the four characteristics that separate effective crisis leaders from others, and common mistakes leaders make.

 Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Define and recognize resilience.
• Define and recognize a resilient organizational culture.
• Define the two covenants of Resilient Leadership.
• Define the four core pillars of Resilient Leadership.
• Practice Resilient Leadership by implementing 20 specific Resilient Leadership prescriptions (RX) to create a “culture of resilience.”
• Avoid the “7 deadly sins” of leadership.

Course Length: 1 Day (7 Contact Hours)

Intended Audience:

This program is designed for anyone in the uniformed services field that may find themselves in positions of leadership. Whether you are a “formal” leader on an organizational chart, or the “informal” leader in an agency that people look to for answers, this program is for you. This course explores avenues of leadership pros and cons that can benefit the newest leader to the most seasoned.

Course Description

This course is designed to aid you in building a personal culture of resilience and holistic health.  Our unique approach is intended to help you learn to better manage the stress in your life in order to increase your potential for happiness, success, and even create a competitive advantage through the creation of what we call Psychological Body Armor ™.  There is no “quick fix” in this program.  It is not designed to be a “pop psych” feel-good course.  Rather, this course contains facts and specific suggestions for actions you can take to enhance your personal resilience, all based upon the latest and most credible science.

 Program Highlights:

• Describe the nature of Psychological Body Armor ™ (PBA)
• Recognize resilient attitudes
• Use physical exercise to strengthen PBA
• Use nutrition to fuel PBA
• Use rest to recharge and restore PBA
• Use interpersonal support
• Understand how spirituality relates to PBA
• Develop a PBA plan

Course Length: 1 Day (7 Contact Hours)

Intended Audience:

This program is designed for anyone in the uniformed services field, or those that support this group. Common attendees include, but are not limited to EAP, human resources and public safety personnel, mental health professionals, chaplains, emergency medical services providers, firefighters, physicians, police officers, nurses, telecommunicators, airline personnel, disaster workers, and anyone else who is looking to enhance their “shield” to stress in their lives.