Is your organization in crisis, facing huge obstacles, or dealing with major change? "I show my audience how critical resilience tools, such as appraisal and coping strategies, can be used in the face of adversity," says Gene Klein, Holocaust survivor, resilience expert, and inspirational speaker, whose story is told in the book We Got the Water: Tracing My Family's Path through Auschwitz. Klein's inspiring memoir was written by his daughter, Jill Klein, PhD, who teaches leadership and resilience techniques to senior executives around the world, and, upon request, joins her father in his life-changing presentations. "These straightforward tools can help any organization thrive when mastering the challenges of our changing world," Gene explains.

As the number of eye-witnesses to the Nazi Holocaust dwindle in number, Gene Klein remains one of the most dynamic and energetic speakers for that generation of survivors. In the camps and separated from everyone he knew, teenager Klein quickly learned that social support, a positive outlook, and flexible thinking were key coping mechanisms. Gene saw his struggle for survival as his own personal battle against the Nazis. If he won, they lost but if he lost, they won—and that would be unthinkable. Knowing his father was already dead, Gene's goal was to return home to his mother and two sisters. His formula was simple: to wake up every morning and to make it through the day.

Your audience will learn leadership tools for resilience, defined as "the ability to function at normal and healthy levels in the face of adversity." But Klein's talk is about more than simply 'bouncing back'; it's about the capacity to maintain growth through hardships and emerge from challenges stronger than before. You'll learn how to establish realistic explanations for why an event occurred, find meanings that allow you to construct the event as a challenge rather than threat, and choose from a variety of effective coping strategies. By understanding how to make healthy appraisals, leaders acquire confidence and infuse their followers with trust.

Gene Klein and Jill Klein appear in a joint on-camera interview on HuffPostLive and are regular contributors to major media outlets—The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and The Guardian—on topics related to the Holocaust and the subject of resilience. See Dr. Jill Klein's 2013 HuffPost Living article online at: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jill-gabrielle-klein/auschwitz-resilience-survival_b_3700058.html.

Touched and inspired by Gene's courage and grace, your audience leaves armed with tools to help them lead themselves and others through adversity.