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Building Resilient, Adaptable Teams That Thrive Through Change
In today's rapidly evolving workplace, your team's ability to adapt isn't just an advantage—it's essential for survival. But here's what most leaders miss: resilience isn't about toughness or pushing through adversity. It's about creating systems, relationships, and mindsets that allow your team to bend without breaking, to evolve without losing their core identity, and to find opportunity in every challenge.
This comprehensive guide explores team adaptability, drawing from real-world experiences and proven strategies to help you build a team that doesn't just survive change—they leverage it for growth.
Teams and Systems Thinking
Systems thinking isn't intuitive for most people. We naturally focus on what's directly in front of us. That's why deliberate effort to build systems literacy pays such enormous dividends.
Teams that understand systems principles:
Make better decisions because they consider ripple effects
Collaborate more effectively with other teams
Identify and address root causes rather than symptoms
Create sustainable solutions rather than quick fixes that create long-term problems
The Art of We vs Me in Teams
When everyone understands and plays their role, it showcases individual talents while bringing out the best in the team. Some people are natural scorers, others are defensive specialists, and some excel at rebounding. In the workplace, these roles look different - maybe you have your strategic thinkers, your detail-oriented executors, and your relationship builders - but the principle remains the same.
Keeping Time - With LEGO Serious Play
In this video I use elements of the LEGO Serious Play Method (which I use for workshops and team building) to dissect the time in your day.