Jiří Koleňák: You can’t put resilience into a PowerPoint

Jiří Koleňák: You can’t put resilience into a PowerPoint

27. 1. 2026 Press & Stories

Resilience is a buzzword in strategies, presentations and corporate values. But real resilience is not created on slides. It is built through everyday decisions, under pressure and in moments when things do not go according to plan.

What does it really mean to be a resilient leader in a time of constant change? The author of the article, Jiří Koleňák, CEO of NEWTON University Group, explains in his commentary for e-news.cz why resilience cannot be learned from a presentation or copied from a manual. He shows that resilience is the result of experience, inner work and the ability to carry uncertainty, responsibility and performance pressure. This approach to leadership and people development is one that NEWTON University Group has been cultivating across its educational activities over the long term.

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27. 1. 2026 Press & Stories

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