University of Luxembourg
A single 90-minute introductory session on resilience landed well enough that the University of Luxembourg brought us back to build the full Resilience Skills program for its staff and researchers. Sponsored by the Head of Learning & Development, the program is now in its fourth year.
Supporting staff through academic pressure
University staff and researchers were navigating demanding workloads and competing priorities, made harder by the pressures that followed the COVID-19 pandemic. The University wanted practical tools to help employees manage stress and adapt to changing conditions, in a format engaging enough that people would actually use it.
How we supported the University of Luxembourg
The program runs over eight weeks, with one live one-hour online session per week, and has continued as an ongoing partnership for four years.
Separate cohorts were designed for university staff and researchers to reflect their different working environments, each with recorded sessions available on demand and a learning journal to reinforce application between sessions. Eight cohorts have run over four years, with roughly 12 participants per cohort, and additional cohorts are planned.
Sessions are delivered in English and French.
How did we proceed?
What began as a single pilot session became a standing part of the University's learning and development offering, with cohorts for staff and researchers running back-to-back across the following four years.
Benefits for the University of Luxembourg
Participants built a stronger understanding of how stress and behavior affect resilience, along with practical techniques for pressure, emotional regulation, and optimism grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Consistently positive feedback turned a one-off pilot into a four-year, and counting, partnership.