Leadership Resilience and Thriving During Turbulent Times

Resilience enables you to overcome adversity and importantly, recover from setbacks. The ability to appraise, respond to and recover from challenges is essential for successful leadership.

In times of global disruption, economic uncertainty, and political instability, leaders face an increasingly challenging environment, and resilience is key in coping with these demands. Whether you’re an emerging, aspiring, or experienced leader, this microcredential will help you to develop your resilience and that of your team.

Resilience isn’t just about surviving. This microcredential will help you not only cope but thrive during challenging times, so as to secure the longevity of your leadership career while creating environments in which others can thrive too.

At the end of the programme, you’ll gain accreditation from Nottingham Business School to certify your leadership skills.

Learn what it really means to be resilient as a leader

Using a research, evidence-based approach, you’ll explore the concept of resilience and its importance in leadership.

You’ll also learn to differentiate and develop related concepts, such as grit and mental toughness, to become a well-rounded leader.

Understand the positive psychology behind resilience and thriving

When times are challenging, especially over the long term, we don’t just want to cope, we want to be able to thrive. You will learn the positive psychology behind resilience and thriving.

With this knowledge, you will be able to positively adapt during difficult situations

Explore effective strategies for dealing with stress, adversity, and trauma

As you expand your understanding of stress and trauma, you’ll explore strategies for positively adapting that enable you not only to cope but to thrive.

Aided by these strategies, you’ll become a more resilient and adaptable leader, with the capacity to build even greater resilience in future.

You’ll also learn how resilience helps in times of crisis, and how you can successfully navigate high-stakes situations.

Learn how to develop team resilience

Once you know how to build your own resilience, you’ll learn how to support your team in developing theirs.

Leaders are instrumental in creating an environment and culture in which people can thrive. You’ll reflect on what you can do as a leader to create this kind of working environment.

By the end of the microcredential, you’ll have the know-how you need to build resilience and navigate turbulent times throughout your leadership career.

How will resilience help me in my leadership development?

In an increasingly challenging professional environment, it is crucial for leaders to be resilient. In addition to nationwide factors, leaders may face their own personal challenges, stress, and trauma throughout their careers. Building resilience will help them achieve success in both their professional and personal lives.

Resilience is a key differentiator in successful leadership. Leaders need to be able to recover from setbacks, cope with challenging situations, adapt, and lead people through difficult times. This applies whatever stage you are at in your leadership career.

How will I be assessed?

You will complete a 2000-word essay which will feature an action plan. This reflection has been designed to assess your knowledge of the learning outcomes.

Will I receive university credits?

Yes, you’ll receive 10 Level 7 credits at Postgraduate level from Nottingham Trent University.

You can use these credits to build towards a Postgraduate Certificate in Leadership and Management Practice from Nottingham Business School.