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Unbreakable

Building and Leading Resilient Teams

Bradley Kirkman and Adam Stoverink
Stanford UP, 2023

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  • Concrete Examples
  • Insider's Take

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No matter what their product, service or industry, all companies share a common characteristic: their people work in teams. And if their teams aren’t resilient, trouble awaits. Bradley L. Kirkman and Adam C. Stoverink outline four pitfalls that challenge a team’s resiliency and four resources that assure its durability. They share their conviction that “unbreakable” teams produce superior performance, bigger profits, and more satisfied executives, employees, investors and customers. To that end, they explain how managers can build and lead energized teams that can handle adversity and bounce back.

Take-Aways

  • Teams require resilience in case of business upheavals or other crises.
  • Resilient teams are “unbreakable.”
  • Four factors lead to team failure: lack or excess of confidence, lack of planning, inability to improvise or innovate, and lack of psychological safety.

About the Authors

Bradley L. Kirkman is the (Ret.) H. Hugh Shelton Distinguished Professor of Leadership in the Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. Adam C. Stoverink is the Director of Walton MBA Programs and an associate professor of management in the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

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