The Resilience Shield is the only known evidence-based model to build resilience using a highly applied methodology. Keynotes, workshops, courses, and retreats.
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Dr Dan Pronk
Dr Dan is a co-author of the bestselling book The Resilience Shield. Dan entered into the Australian Army in 2001 on a scholarship to study medicine. Upon graduation he moved into Special Operations following successful completion of the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment selection course. Dan was awarded the Commendation for Distinguished Service for his leadership in action during his second of four operational tours of Afghanistan. Dan regularly presents to corporate, military, and government groups on leadership under adversity, resilience and social psychological theory.
Ben Pronk DSC
Ben is a co-author of the Resilience Shield and director of TRS. Ben's first career was in the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment, where he finished as the Commanding Officer. Ben’s operational experience within the SAS includes multiple deployments to Timor Leste, Iraq and Afghanistan, where his exemplary leadership skills were recognised with his being awarded a Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for leadership. Ben is currently adjunct faculty at the University of New South Wales’s Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM).
Tim Curtis
Tim is a co-author of the bestselling book The Resilience Shield. With a first career with the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment Tim has been appointed as Australia’s first principal adviser to the Government of Sierra Leone during a protracted period of civil war. Following this, he was personally selected to raise a sensitive and time-critical Australian national counter terrorist capability. He was a lead planner of the Afghan Parliamentary Elections (2005) for the United Nations in Afghanistan and a subsequent 9 years as the Managing Director of a group of 42 companies based from Dubai