Resilience

Maintains performance and self-control under pressure or adversity.

Key Behaviors
  • Self-regulates emotions and reactions which enables the display of a calm demeanor in a variety of working environments.
  • Meets programmatic deadlines consistently despite unforeseen circumstances.
  • Identifies strategies to ensure quality of work is maintained, regardless of working environment.
  • Re-prioritizes projects to incorporate additional demands without difficulty.

Developmental opportunities for this competency are available from the NIH Training Center.