Practical resilience for working life.

Our programmes

Leadership resilience and staff wellbeing

Practice that carries into the day

Our approach brings together medical knowledge, behavioural science and practical leadership development. It is evidence-informed and designed around repeatable guided practice, reflection and application in everyday working life.

The training works with attention, breath, the body, emotional responses, perspective, sleep and recovery. Participants practise skills they can return to during demanding tasks, conversations and periods of sustained pressure.

Training, not treatment. These programmes develop self-leadership skills. They do not replace medical or psychotherapeutic care.

Ways to train

Workshops in person or online

Workshops are shaped around the needs of leadership teams, staff groups and organisations. Formats range from half-day and full-day workshops to programmes delivered over several days. Dates, format and pricing are agreed individually.

Online programmes

Self-paced programmes of fifteen short modules in six parts, plus a welcome module. Each module combines a narrated video lesson of 10–15 minutes, a short guided practice and a small if–then experiment for the coming week, supported by audio breath pacers and a private lifestyle check. The English editions are Adaptive Leadership Resilience for leaders and Adaptive Resilience for staff wellbeing, and are coming soon. German editions are in preparation.

1:1 training

Six personal online sessions with Dr Peter Gruenewald, tailored to your goals and the situations you face.

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Medical knowledge and leadership experience

Adaptive Resilience is led by Dr Peter Gruenewald, a physician and resilience trainer. He is a Clinical Specialist in Sleep Medicine at University College London Hospitals (Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine) and has taught in leadership programmes at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, for over 15 years, including the Major Projects Leadership Academy.

Bea Fuchs brings over 20 years of leadership experience, alongside expertise in leadership and team coaching, communication training and strategic consultancy. A certified mindset coach, she is currently training with Peter to deliver Adaptive Resilienz training. They will initially deliver the German training together.

Working with organisations

Our training is intended for leaders, professionals, teams and whole organisations, including public-service and leadership-development settings. We work with you to agree the audience, format and practical focus.

Selected organisations we have worked with include Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, the NHS Leadership Academy, the United Nations System Staff College and Deloitte UK.

Tell us about your team and the demands they face using the enquiry form below.

About the company

Adaptive Resilience Ltd is a UK-registered company responsible for programme development, delivery, governance, administration and platform access. The intellectual property underlying the training programmes is owned by Adaptive Resilience Ltd.

Materials are provided for training and professional development and used under the platform’s published terms.