Great Teams Rely on More Than Talent
They also prioritize a shared culture of accountability, empathy, and trust. This builds the “deep soil” that feeds talent and helps your team grow even in the face of disruption.
We call this process of soil-building and growth “Team Ecology,” and we can help you build it online, at scale.
But first — before you can improve team soil — you have to break the cycle of resentment that erodes it. We can teach you how to do that too — for free.
What Makes This Approach Different?
Resilience requires a fundamentally different perspective on adversity.
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Learn the truth about stress and resilience
Stress doesn’t come from team behaviors directly. It comes from your thoughts about team behaviors.
This means that resilience isn’t about being tough. It’s about being clear-headed. When your head is clear, you can lead change in your team and beyond much more effectively.
But this takes more than positive thinking or motivation. It requires a better way of thinking in the face of adverse experiences, or what we call crucibles.
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Leverage the power of crucibles
Crucibles are challenges that can break your team apart — or build something stronger.
Our process helps you leverage crucibles to increase accountability, improve communication, and deepen trust.
We give your people practical, repeatable tools so they can do this not just once, but whenever crucibles arise, both at work and at home.
Crucibles are adverse experiences that make or break us in life
Crucibles are adverse experiences that make or break us in life
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Leverage the power of crucibles
Crucibles are challenges that can break your team apart — or build something stronger.
Our process helps you leverage crucibles to increase accountability, improve communication, and deepen trust.
We give your people practical, repeatable tools so they can do this not just once, but whenever crucibles arise, both at work and at home.
Taught live to over 50,000 people. Now available online, anytime, anywhere.
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Train the whole team
But a better toolkit is only part of the answer. The other part is scale — going beyond single-leader training to elevate the whole team.
With our program, every team member gets a re-education in resilience to improve team performance from the inside out.
They can log in anytime and transform conflict into connection so you can build more cohesive, higher-performing leaders from the inside out.
It all starts with understanding how stress really works — and the first course is free.
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Resilience Academy Founder, Andy Bernstein
“An enlightening experience that gave us a new tool to manage work/life responsibilities. It’s a great technique I would recommend to other organizations committed to helping their employees be more productive and balanced.”
-Patagonia
Help your team thrive
Why Motivation Isn’t Enough Anymore
Not long ago, a single rousing keynote could lift morale and spark change.
But today’s challenges are complex — AI disruption, political division, burnout, discrimination. No single speech is enough.
Modern leaders need tools that go deeper and last longer — tools that scale across the organization, shift mindset, and stick.
To facilitate this, I’ve taken the content I’ve shared with thousands of senior leaders in live sessions at Wharton Executive Education and elsewhere, and built it into The Resilience Academy — a self-paced online platform that empowers organizations to strengthen mindset, relationships, and performance over time.
It’s always accessible. And it starts with a free course.
If you’re trying to build a culture of humble, driven, self-aware people who can thrive amid change, this can help.
Sincerely,
Andy Bernstein
P.S. If you’re looking for a rousing keynote, I bundle in Resilience Academy passes so you get the best of both worlds — an inspiring reset and tools for lasting change. You can learn more here.
Client Feedback
“Eye-opening on changing your perspective when dealing with tough issues and solving them.”
Merrill Lynch
“An excellent introduction to resiliency. If practiced well, it can tremendously reduce the burden of stress at work and home.”
Johnson & Johnson
“Groundbreaking. This was the first time I’ve been given a logical, step-by-step process to get from the beginning point to the end point of changed awareness without being intimidating or too New Agey.”
21st Century Fox
“Eye opening. It’s quite different from other training programs because this is more than just accepting that I can’t change my surroundings. Instead it changes my perspective. Very positive.”
Genentech
“A clear, concise way to deal with challenges, with practical applications and immediate results.”
Coca-Cola
“Enormously positive, useful, tangible ways of thinking differently, and real ways of solving differences. I feel much more wise at work already. Wishing I had done this when I began my career.”
Citi
THE Book
Breaking the Stress Cycle
“Masterful… I’ve never read a more useful book about managing stress — I’ve made it required reading for some of the people who matter most to me.”
– Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again
You can find Andy’s book (originally titled The Myth of Stress) wherever books are sold — in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook, which Andy narrated.
But you know you’re probably not going to read it. So instead, start the online interactive version for free!
A Sneak Peek Inside Level 1
GET a re-education in TRANSFORMATION
Break Through the Myth of Stressors
Learn how a single researcher created the modern stress concept — and why he refused to admit his big mistake.
Discover the Power of Crucibles
Watch a group of men recovering from addiction face a crucible together — and come out transformed.
Experience Your First Worksheet
Don’t just learn about breakthroughs. Have one yourself using our 7-step interactive worksheet. This is the best way to evaluate how this approach can help you.
Bring This Toolkit Into Your Life
Get answers to common questions, hear stories of real change, and receive a few special bonuses encouraging you to keep going on your resilience journey.
FAQ
Is this coaching?
Yes, but a different species of coaching. Instead of a single senior leader speaking to a live coach every few weeks, the entire team engages with a virtual learning platform 24/7 on demand. There are exercises for individuals and the whole team, so everyone can “level up” in humility, accountability, and drive. The best way to appreciate how different this is is to try it.
Can’t my team just double-down on metrics and performance without this mindset stuff?
Not anymore. Today’s world is too disrupted. If you ignore the forces pulling people apart, people will burn out and operate at only a fraction of their potential. They need more than pep talks and growth targets. They need tools and support.
How long does the course take?
The first course takes around 30 minutes to complete. It’s divided into short audio lessons that you can listen to whenever you have time. Then, if you join, you can access the higher courses that build on it, and extend membership to the team.
Each team member would spend 15-30 minutes a week engaging privately with the content, and another 30-60 minutes a week with the whole team applying it. There’s no blame involved. People learn to turn resentment into understanding through practical, real-world tools.
Do you do keynotes and live events?
Yes. You can contact my speaker’s bureau here. But you don’t need me in the room for your team to grow — you need your team in the room. The Resilience Academy delivers the same core content at a fraction of the cost, and you can start today.
Spark real team growth.
Give your people tools for deeper, longer-lasting change.
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