Sep 17, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Building and Leading Resilient Teams Certificate


The ability to build and lead resilient teams has never been more important. The team’s ability to overcome adversity, and then adapt and grow together because of that adversity. Resilient teams are the key to both individual and organizational resilience. Resilient teams are stronger together and they make learning and change possible. This certificate program provides the knowledge and skills required to build and lead resilient teams in organizations of any size, in any industry.

This certificate program is a partnership between Avila University and Resilence-Building Leadership Professional. The certificate program requires 63 hours (42 prep hours / 21 class hours) of your time over seven weeks. It is offered on an as needed basis.

How is the certificate program delivered?

Collective resilience is

  • Seven weekly learning modules requiring 6 hours of student preparation and 3 contact hours of instructor-led live group discussion.
  • Individual student preparation includes reading assignments, watching relevant videos, and answering reflection questions.
  • Instructor-led group discussions ensure a thorough understanding of applicable factual (what), conceptual (why), and procedural (how) knowledge.
  • Instructor-led group discussions leverage each student’s unique leader/follower experience and perspectives.

What will you learn to do?

  • Raise morale in the workplace by creating a positive climate for people to work in.
  • Boost teamwork by developing cohesion among team members.
  • Improve employee motivation and commitment by providing purpose in the workplace.
  • Increase the team’s ability to solve problems and overcome challenges by facilitating team learning.
  • Enhance the organization’s ability to change and compete by supporting organizational learning.

Competencies

  • Create a Positive Climate
  • Develop Cohesion
  • Provide Purpose
  • Facilitate Team Learning
  • Support Organizational Learning

Authorized RBLP Education Partner

Students that complete this certificate program will be prepared to sit for one of the Resilience-Building Leadership Professional® (RBLP™) series of certification exams. If you are interested in sitting for a certification exam, please apply here.

Visit resiliencebuildingleader.com for experience requirements, education/training requirements, and exam cost. The RBLP series of certification exams are administered by the Resilience-Building Leader Program only. Completing this program does not guarantee a passing score on any certification exam administered by Resilience-Building Leader Program.

“RBLP”, “Resilience-Building Leadership Professional”, “Learn More. Lead Better.”, and the RBLP shield logo are trademarks of the Resilience-Building Leader Program, Inc.

Learn More

Andy Jett, Ed.D., Dean, College of Innovative Professional & Graduate Studies and Associate Professor

P: (816)501-3761

E: avilawda@avila.edu

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