Unbreakable : Building and Leading Resilient Teams / Bradley L. Kirkman and Adam Stoverink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkman, Bradley Lane, author.

Stoverink, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational resilience.

Teams in the workplace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

An essential guide for managers and leaders on building resilient teams in turbulent times. As a result of global economic changes, new technologies, and increased competition, business environments are becoming increasingly turbulent and unpredictable, requiring new forms of resilient work teams. Due in part to the increasing complexity of business environments, more and more organizations worldwide are using teams of employees to respond to adversity. Whether it be new product development teams; business crisis response teams in companies; front line response teams such as fire, emergency medical technicians, or emergency room teams; research and development teams; or pharmaceutical development teams, employees can no longer rely on their own knowledge, skills, and abilities to get their work done. Rather, employees have to work collaboratively with one another and combine their expertise to achieve the synergy and breakthrough thinking that is necessary to be successful at completing complex tasks in today's dynamic environments. Today more than ever before, work teams must demonstrate resilience. In the face of volatile, complex, and ambiguous business environments, all teams inevitably suffer setbacks. Bradley L. Kirkman and Adam C. Stoverink provide in their new book the hands-on practical tips for building and leading resilient teams equipped to bounce back from those challenges. They highlight four team resources that are essential to any resilient team, including: team confidence, teamwork roadmaps, capacity to improvise, and psychological safety. These four resources are brought to life through compelling stories of teams that performed well in the face of adversity—and a few that didn't. They also provide leaders with step-by-step guidance for how to grow these resources in their own teams, whether they're in-person, remote, or hybrid. This book delivers all the tools necessary to build and lead resilient teams that are virtually unbreakable.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Tragedy at Mann Gulch

2. The Four Team Pitfalls of the Mann Gulch Tragedy

3. Team Resilience Resource #1-Team Confidence

4. Team Resilience Resource #2-Teamwork Roadmaps

5. Team Resilience Resource #3-Team Capacity to Improvise

6. Team Resilience Resource #4-Team Psychological Safety

7. Leading Your Team through a Crisis

8. Building Team Resilience in Remote and Hybrid Teams

Conclusion: Helpful Resilience Measures to Assess Your Teams

Notes

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kirkman, Bradley L. Unbreakable

ISBN:

9781503634299

1503634299

OCLC:

1342254297