Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Coach (RBLP-C)

Issued by Resilience-Building Leader Program

The RBLP certification recognizes first-line and aspiring supervisors who can build and lead resilient teams. These leaders create the conditions that enable teams to perform at their best by creating a positive climate, developing cohesion, and providing purpose. Resilience is a characteristic of high-performing teams that can adapt to change, overcome adversity, continuously improve, and consistently deliver results.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Time Weeks
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Certification Criteria

Candidates for the Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Coach certification must be currently serving (or have served) as a manager. RBLP Coach candidates typically have 5+ years of relevant experience working as part of a team in a particular occupation or industry.
Candidates for RBLP Coach certification must complete: 8 hours of personal reflection on leader/follower experience, 4 hours of instructor-led, exam prep training (oral exam rehearsal), and pass the 2-hour oral exam.
The 2.0-hour RBLP Coach certification exam assesses the knowledge and skills required to create a positive climate, develop cohesion, provide purpose, and facilitate team learning. The American Council on Education (ACE) recommends three (3) semester hours of credit at the upper-division baccalaureate level in Managerial Leadership for the RBLP Coach certification exam.
Recertification is required every three years to maintain the RBLP-C level of certification. People who earn and maintain the RBLP Coach certification may add the RBLP-C designation after their name and describe themselves as RBLP Coach certified.

Standards

Team Climate Competency Domain

Task 1: Analyze team climate. Task 2: Earn trust. Task 3: Treat people with respect. Task 4: Enforce accountability. Task 5: Encourage people to have fun. Task 6: Manage expectations about adversity. Task 7: Be there when the going gets tough.

Team Cohesion

Task 1: Analyze team cohesion. Task 2: Organize people to work in teams. Task 3: Promote trust between team members. Task 4: Ensure mutual respect between team members. Task 5: Keep the team informed. Task 6: Keep people focused on the mission during adversity. Task 7: Talk about setbacks.

Individual Purpose

Task 1: Analyze individual purpose. Task 2: Demonstrate character. Task 3: Show genuine concern for people. Task 4: Encourage individual learning. Task 5: Delegate responsibility. Task 6: Empower decision-making. Task 7: Train the team.

Team Learning

Task 1: Analyze team learning capacity. Task 2: Set collective goals for teams. Task 3: Encourage constructive dialogue. Task 4: Build new mental models.

Endorsements

American Council on Education

This credential has been successfully evaluated by the American Council on Education for college credit. It is recommended for a total of 3 college credits. For more information about ACE Learning Evaluations, visit www.acenet.edu.
American Council on Education

3 semester hours in Managerial Leadership in the upper-division undergraduate category