Developing Resilient Organizations: How to Create an Adaptive, High-Performance and Engaged Organization

  • 4h 36m
  • Charles Elvin, Doug Strycharczyk
  • Kogan Page
  • 2014

Much of the fear and uncertainty surrounding recessions is the adverse impact they will have on organizations and society. However, recessions are nothing new and past experience has shown that once countries have pulled through, some companies and individuals have not only survived, but thrived. They often emerge stronger, fitter, and better performing.

Developing Resilient Organizations argues that one of the fundamental keys to survival in these circumstances is resilience or mental toughness. The book addresses a wide variety of organizational issues including motivation, performance, staff retention, behavior, trust, attention span, and teamwork. With case studies from leading organizations across different industries internationally, authors Doug Strycharczyk and Charles Elvin explain how to develop organizational performance, well-being, and a positive approach to adversity and change in organizations.

About the Authors

Charles Elvin is Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). His previous roles include Director of the B2B Division of the Open University in the UK and senior positions in leading companies.

Doug Strycharczyk is founder and Managing Director for AQR Ltd., a test publishing and consulting company. He is the co-author of Developing Mental Toughness (Kogan Page) with Peter Clough and a contributor to Psychometrics in Coaching (Kogan Page).

In this Book

  • Developing Resilient Organizations—How to Create an Adaptive, High-Performance and Engaged Organization
  • Introduction
  • A general overview
  • The new factors
  • Mental toughness
  • Trust-based leadership and resilient organizations in the 21st century
  • Leadership, resilience and the 21st-century organization
  • Leadership and the BP grit in the oyster – developing mental toughness
  • Changing times for the public sector
  • New realities—Personal growth for an uncertain future
  • Ethics, ethical practice and their growing importance in developing sustainably performing organizations in the 21st century
  • Big data, big business
  • Conclusion
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