Home / Resources / Can we teach resilience?

Can we teach resilience?

 

“Can We Teach Resilience?” was the subject of a speech made by Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum organised by the Young Foundation in the UK.  Until recently Brigadier General Rhonda Cornum led the $125 million emotional fitness regime for the US military.  Through this experience she has many interesting insights to pass on and so this 40 minute presentation will be of interest to anyone interested in resilience courses and resiliency training.  Just to give you a mini taster, here are a couple of quotations from the talk:

“Events can be adverse, they can be expensive, unfortunate, sad, whatever they are, but it is how you come into them that determines whether they are adverse or traumatic”

“I believe that if we teach people some resilience training – how to provide evidence to the thoughts that they are having, how to think of things with more optimism – we can make more people see events as simply adverse instead of traumatic”

“There are a lot of people who think that when we are talking about resilience we are just deluding ourselves.  I don’t think so….”.

The Young Foundation website

Recent articles on our blog....

A plate with 3 prettily decorated individual apple pies with a further one sitting on a tiny plate in the foreground.

They may not be apple or key lime, but Ted Pies can really help your communication skills

March 22, 2024

In this article, we include a visual illustrating what the acronym Ted Pies stands for and look at how it can be used to benefit workplace wellbeing.

Read More →
The word newsletter printed on white paper inserted into a selection of brightly coloured envelopes

Winter newsletter has tips to boost workplace wellbeing

February 13, 2024

The latest edition of our quarterly newsletter aims to boost workplace wellbeing with tips, resources and a story to warm your heart.

Read More →
Blurred image of a suited male pointing at exclamation mark hologram for overcoming culture of false urgency tip

Tips for overcoming a culture of false urgency at work

February 8, 2024

For our latest wellbeing at work tip, we look at some signs that a culture of false urgency may exist followed by suggested tips to overcome it for individuals, managers and team leaders.

Read More →

Testimonials

ineq-about-us-150x150

Our purpose is to provide training and consultancy services to enhance resilience, health and wellbeing in the workplace.

ineq-ethos-values-150x150

Differentiation is one of the most strategic and tactical activities in which companies most constantly engage

ineq-faqs-150x150

It's natural to have questions about training and how it fits with your organisation. Our FAQs can help you find out more.

ineq-case-studies-150x150

View case studies for some of the in-house training courses we have delivered to different types of organisations across the UK.