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What is Resilience-Building Leadership?


The Best Managers Build and Lead Resilient Teams

Resilience-Building Leadership is about building and leading resilient teams that can get the work done.

Resilience-Building Leadership is about outcomes, not methods. Resilient teams are an outcome. Getting the work done is an outcome.

Resilient teams are characterized by their ability to maintain high performance under pressure, recover quickly from setbacks, and find opportunities for growth amid challenges. Resilient teams work collaboratively, leveraging the strengths and perspectives of their members to tackle complex problems.

Building and leading resilient teams isn’t just a responsibility – it’s an essential capability for managers in today’s dynamic and often unpredictable world. Getting the work done is what leadership is all about.

The Organizational Impact

Organizations face a range of challenges, from economic uncertainty and technological disruptions to workforce dynamics and global crises. In such an environment, the ability to navigate adversity and emerge stronger is paramount.

This is where resilient teams come into play and why organizations need leaders who can build and lead these teams effectively.

Resilient teams are the backbone of a resilient organization, enabling it to navigate disruptions, seize opportunities, and sustain success. They enable organizations to thrive in ways that go beyond just getting the work done.

Resilient teams drive improvement and innovation by continuously seeking ways to learn and do better. They embrace change as an opportunity rather than a threat, making them instrumental in organizational transformation and progress.

Resilient teams get the work done, and they get better and better at what they do.

Resilience-Building Leadership Professional (RBLP) Certifications

We conducted a leadership job-task-analysis in 2018 to identify the knowledge, skills, and experience required to build and lead resilient teams in the workplace. Then, we developed a first-of-its-kind, valid, and reliable series of oral certification exams for frontline, experienced, and senior managers.

See the Resilience-Building Leadership Competency Domains

If you’re building and leading resilient teams in the workplace, then you should prove what you know by earning one of the RBLP Leadership Certifications.

You’ll need to pass one of our oral exams, but don’t worry. The exam prep courses offered by our Authorized Training Partners will get you ready for the exam.


Watch these videos to learn more.


Examples of Workplace Adversity


Which RBLP Leadership Certification is right for you?

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For Frontline Managers

ACE recommends three (3) semester hours of credit at the lower-division baccalaureate level in Team Leadership.

Is RBLP certification right for you?

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For Experienced Managers

 ACE recommends three (3) semester hours of credit at the upper-division baccalaureate level in Managerial Leadership.

Is RBLP Coach certification right for you?

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For Senior Managers

ACE recommends three (3) semester hours of credit at the upper-division baccalaureate level in Applied Leadership.

Is RBLP Trainer certification right for you?