Our Understanding of
Resilience
Resilience is the psychological capacity to cope with stressful situations, manage crises, and draw on social and individual resources. It emerges from the interplay of various factors.
Mindfulness is considered a key mental resource for building resilience, in combination with a focus on positivity and meaning.
MOMENTUM provides participants with essential physical, mental and emotional tools to enhance their stress management and overcome adverse experiences.
Scientific Sources
Mindfulness interventions ensure a reduction in perceived stress levels and experienced exhaustion. This, in turn, has a positive impact on employee performance.
Zollars et al., 2019 and Xu et al., 2021
A high level of perceived stress significantly impairs functionality and performance, making it a key metric in performance management.
Tamdjidi et. al 2024
Organizational resilience generates economic benefits because increasing coherence reduces internal friction losses.
Philipsen, Ziemer 2014
Organizational resilience increases the responsiveness of organizations as mindfulness, realism and situational acceptance increase.
Philipsen, Ziemer 2014
7 Key Factors for More Resilience
Key Factors based on Heller, J. (2013):
Acceptance:
accept what cannot be changed.
Optimism:
move forward with confidence.
Solution Orientation:
focus on progress.
Self-Efficacy:
believe in your own abilities.
Responsibility:
avoid victim roles, taking responsibility.
ask others for help, gaining social support.
Network Orientation:
imagine a positive future, take good care of yourself.
Future Planning:
MOMENTUM…
… enhances individual mental strength and thus improves personal resilience.
… supports communication and networking within the team, thereby strengthening collective resilience.
… creates conducive conditions in which employees and organizations can better respond to challenges and ensure their well-being in the long term.
… provides a valuable foundation for comprehensive resilience management.
Resilient Leadership
Without resilient leadership, organizational resilience can not emerge:
Leaders can only lead resiliently if they focus on developing their own personal resilience. This involves cultivating mindfulness towards themselves and others (Philipsen & Ziemer, 2014). Personal mindfulness thrives on the foundation of a positive value orientation towards oneself and others.
Resilient leaders are characterized by realistic optimism and avoid errors of judgment by taking warning signs seriously and taking corrective action to save time and money. They confront fears, especially of change, as adaptability is crucial for a vibrant organization (Southwick, Martini, Charney & Southwick. 2017).
Flexibility is another characteristic of resilient leaders: they actively solve problems, accept what cannot be changed, learn from mistakes and look for opportunities in challenges. Flexibility at management level reduces the stress experienced by teams and employees. Moreover, resilient leaders build teams with diverse expertise and leverage the knowledge of others when needed to enhance the organization’s adaptability (Philipsen & Ziemer, 2014).