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The KIRB assesses behavior and experiences in 10 key areas that research suggests are foundational to resilience.
KonTerra Inventory of Resilience Builders (KIRB®)
The KIRB is a research-informed assessment tool that measures behavior and experience across 10 key areas shown to support resilience and sustained wellbeing under pressure. It gives individuals a structured, confidential starting point for self-reflection — and gives organizations a group-level picture of current resilience strengths, pressures, and priorities.
The KIRB helps individuals learn more about:
The KIRB has been used by humanitarian organizations, NGOs, trust and safety teams, and other organizations whose people work in high-pressure or emotionally demanding environments.
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KIRB Resilience Factors
Sleep
Sleep allows the brain and body to rest, repair, rebalance, and reorganize.
Exercise
Exercise and physical movement can help you reduce stress chemicals and maintain or build cardiovascular health, strength, balance, and flexibility.
Nutrition
What you eat and drink fuels your body and brain and influences your general health and wellbeing.
Supportive Connections
Supportive relationships allow you to give and receive help and experience care, belonging, and understanding.
Relaxation and Enjoyment
Activities unrelated to work that you find enjoyable and relaxing help refresh and refuel you.
Boundaries
Boundaries around work and other demands help create space for rest and sustain energy over time in demanding contexts.
Positive Outlook
Your attitude and perspective toward life influences your choices and emotional experiences. An outlook that contributes to resilience involves a sense of optimism, contentment, and enjoyment.
Emotional Regulation
Your ability to tolerate and manage strong emotions helps you use healthy coping strategies, maintain important relationships, achieve goals, and work effectively on problem-solving.
Adaptive Coping
How you approach and engage with challenges influences how effectively you can cope with difficulties and hardships, solve problems, and achieve important goals.
Meaning and Purpose
Beliefs and experiences that are meaningful contribute to resilience by fostering a powerful sense of energy, purpose, fulfillment, and enrichment.
KIRB Assessment Report
After taking the KIRB, individuals receive their personal KIRB Assessment Report containing:
Using the KIRB with Groups and Teams
For organizations, the KIRB provides a practical foundation for helping staff understand stress and resilience, identify priorities for strengthening wellbeing, and translate insight into action.
KonTerra offers three ways to use the KIRB with groups and teams:
For Groups and Organizations: The Aggregated Insights Report
When 10 or more people in a team or organization complete the KIRB, KonTerra produces an Aggregated Insights Report — a group-level picture of current stress, coping, and resilience patterns.
The report gives organizational leaders, HR professionals, and staff care focal points a clear, data-informed view of:
- Average stress levels — and how scores are distributed across the team, not just the mean
- High-risk coping patterns — how intensely the group has been relying on strategies that provide short-term relief but carry longer-term costs
- Scores across all 10 resilience factors — with relative strengths and growth areas identified for this specific group
- Tailored recommendations — prioritized suggestions for where to focus support, training, or broader organizational attention
The report contains no individual-level data and cannot be used to identify any participant’s responses. For organizations choosing the KIRB + Resilience Essentials Workshop, these aggregated findings also help KonTerra tailor the facilitated session to the strengths, pressures, and priorities emerging for that particular group.
To discuss group options, contact your KonTerra Account Manager or email info@konterragroup.net.
Bring the KIRB to Your Team
KonTerra can help you choose the KIRB approach that best fits your team’s needs—facilitated workshop, self-paced online learning, or assessment-only. Contact your KonTerra Account Manager or send us an email to discuss options and pricing.