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This is a fascinating 'classic' HBR article from 2002, written by Diane Coutu on the rather elusive (but highly valued) quality of resilience.

 

Coutu suggests that resilience can be learned (although its not straightforward) and she identified that three qualities that help to define people's abilities to be able to get through periods of great adversity and bounce back after major setbacks:

 

The ability to Face Down Reality and see things as they really are rather than with rose-tintFinding meaning and purpose in times of adversity that building a bridge to a better imagine future stateA habit of ritualised ingenuity - being able to improvise solutions and workarounds when presented with challenges 

 

According to one of her interviewees, " More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person’s level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails. That’s true in the cancer ward, it’s true in the Olympics, and it’s true in the boardroom.”

 

Via Matthew Farmer, Kenneth Mikkelsen