Mettle's proprietary Resilience Shield was developed by Dr Dan Pronk, Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis, all of whom are SAS veterans with combat experience in theatres including Afghanistan, Iraq and Timor Leste. The model was developed after the authors witnessed first-hand the markedly different reactions that ostensibly similar individuals had to stressful events, including the gruelling SAS selection course as well as the incredible demands of leading high-performance teams in military operations.
Through research conducted over a period in excess of ten years, the authors sought to identify the constituent elements of stress and resilience and develop a model that was dynamic, multi-factorial and modifiable. The result was the Resilience Shield — a highly applied model of resilience that identifies the key constituent characteristics of this mercurial quality and provides a framework for the development of a Resilience Action Plan.
Since its development, we have delivered programs based on the Resilience Shield to organisations as diverse as elite policing units, academic organisations and tax professionals. While the concept might have originated within a military context, we are firmly of the belief that resilience requirements vary only by degree.
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The purpose of the research is to help improve our collective understanding of resilience and to assist you in identifying areas which might assist develop your own individual resilience. In return, you will receive feedback on your current levels of resilience, plus the option of a full report highlighting your relative strengths and weaknesses.
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