Resilience Leadership Training Program

Why Resilience Matters

Over time, exposure to stress, critical incidents, loss of life and organizational stressors can have a negative impact on the mental and physical health of law enforcement officers. Stigma about seeking help prevents many officers from getting the care they need to recover from trauma. There are actions that officers can take to increase resilience and bounce back from trauma.  Resilience skills are active techniques that can be taught, and with continued use, improve the resilience of those that use them. 

This training is provided through grants, private donations and associations who provide funding. Since its inception, the program has evolved to a one day training that challenges attendees to change the way they are thinking to improve their resilience and their performance at work.  Improvements in these areas lead to improved job satisfaction and morale as well as improved relationships at work and in their personal life.   

Resilience Can be Taught

Learn proven techniques, or build upon past trainings, to become more resilient while doing the job of a first responder. Resilience isn't something you have or may not have. Resilience can be taught. The techniques are easy to use and can be applied that day. Heck, some people even start using the techniques at lunch to start building or improving their relationships. 

What the Resilience Leadership Training evaluations Say

When asked if the Resilience Leadership Training met their expectations, participants selected ‘strongly agree’ more often than any other response. Furthermore, just over 93% of participants ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ that the training met or exceeded their expectations. First Responders were then asked to comment on their overall satisfaction of the training, here are a few responses from officers:

• “The workshop was very well done, informative and relevant.” 
• “We have been mandated to quite a few wellness trainings over the past year. I feel I got more out of this than any other”
• “I recommend this training for all first responders”
• “Never knew this training was out there. It opened my eyes about the joy. Never realized I had been doing things to family and coworkers. I will certainly use the ACR method in my life both home and at work and the gratitude thinking”

The majority of first responders indicated that the training was valuable and applicable to both their personal and professional lives. Survey results show that 95% of Participants ‘Agree’ or ‘Strongly Agree’ that the training materials & activities were valuable and applicable to them. Here is a sample of comments the provide insight on the positive changes attendees foresee by incorporating the skills and knowledge gained from the training:

• “Getting more comfortable/opening up dialogue with family, friends, co-workers”
• “Positive interaction, and dialogue with subordinates”
• “Employees will look to improve rather than playing the blame game.”