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.
