Dr Sven Hansen
MBChB, MBA
Sven Hansen is a medical doctor with thirty years of experience in medicine and business.
As an athlete and special forces soldier, he developed his sports medicine practice into the Resilience Institute. As founder, Sven pioneered the integration of physical wellbeing with emotional intelligence and mental skills into an evidence-paced, integral and practical solution for businesses, education and sports bodies.
Defining resilience as a learned set of skills to bounce, grow, connect and find flow through life’s journey, Sven has worked globally with leading professional firms and businesses. He is well known on the conference circuit for his keynotes on resilience, stress mastery, physical wellbeing and mental skills. He has helped many thousands of leaders be more effective and resilient.
Sven and the Resilience Institute team run a global business providing resilience assessments, training and digital programmes to help organisations support their people. With a significant research database, they can show clients how to measure and develop the resilience that people need to be safe, well and effective in demanding workplaces.
Sven qualified as a doctor in 1986 and went on to complete an MBA in 1993. He is married to Susan with two children – Lauren and James. He founded the Resilience Institute in 2002. He currently lives between New Zealand and Australia.
Credentials
1986 MBChB (medicine and surgery), University of Cape Town
1993 MBA, University of Cape Town
1998 Emotional Intelligence Accredited, HayMcBer, Melbourne
2003 Resilience Factor Accredited, HayMcBer, Boston
From sport and adventure to business and leadership
As a lifelong athlete and outdoor sportsman, Sven has integrated lessons from sport into a language and set of skills that professionals, executives and entrepreneurs can apply. Working with high performance sport in New Zealand—rugby, netball, cricket, rowing, and the Coach Accelerator program, Sven has applied these lessons to local and global professional firms, corporates, education and entrepreneurship.
Clients explore and apply an evidence-based and practical exploration of physical wellbeing, emotional intelligence and cognitive skills. These skills are based on proven benefits in medicine, performance sports and special forces. The lessons are applied in a language that makes sense to people in work and leadership.
Resilience Institute New Zealand
Sven and his daughter, Lauren Hansen, run The Resilience Institute in New Zealand. Based in Auckland, we are the exclusive licensee for Resilience Assessments, Training, Coaching and Certification.
We are part of Resilience Institute Global.