Foreword by Tod Bolsinger Introduction: Why You Need The Resilience Factor Movement 1: Pray and Assess Your Situation (Steps 1–5) You Can Build a Resilient Team That Can Face Anything Movement 2: Clarify Your Purpose (Steps 6–10) Your Team's Purpose Could Be So Clear That It Compels Extraordinary Commitment Movement 3: Gather an All-Star Cast (Steps 11–15) You Don't Have to Settle—You Can Build a Team of Top Performers Movement 4: Get to Work (Steps 16–20) You Can Maximize the Impact of Your Limited Team-Building Time Movement 5: Design Killer Meetings (Steps 21–25) You Can Create Meetings Your Team Actually Wants to Attend Movement 6: Sharpen Your Team (Steps 26–30) Your Team Can Serve as a Powerful Leadership Development Incubator Movement 7: Pursue Meaningful Accountability (Steps 31–35) You Can Craft a More Meaningful Team Scorecard Movement 8: Reproduce Your Impact (Steps 36–40) You (and Your Team) Have More in You Than You Realize Afterword—Anticipate the Next Step and Beyond Acknowledgments Appendix Notes References
Want to unleash the "remarkable" in your team? The potential of a team of God-inspired, talented, committed people is boundless. But without resilience—including the savvy and skill to get up again (and again) when the going gets tough—teams simply cannot thrive or lead well. Resilience is what sets great leaders and teams apart from those that literally fall apart. It's what's missing when great organizations lose steam. Ryan T. Hartwig, Léonce B. Crump Jr., and Warren Bird have worked with team members in many kinds of churches and Christian organizations, served on numerous teams, and surfaced the best research on teams. In The Resilience Factor, they distill this wisdom into a series of practical steps that promise to both inspire and equip teams to move from floundering to flourishing. Filled with examples of top-performing teams, individual and group reflection questions, diagnostic tools, and team activities, The Resilience Factor promises to become the go-to resource for leaders who want to release remarkable resilience in their teams.
Léonce B. Crump Jr. is the founder and senior pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta, a member of the Acts 29 church-planting network. A former NFL football player, he is also the author of Renovate.
Warren Bird is research director for Leadership Network and has authored or coauthored over twenty books for ministry leaders, including Teams That Thrive (with Ryan T. Hartwig).
Ryan T. Hartwig currently serves as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He is also the author of Teams That Thrive (with Warren Bird) and Leading Small Groups That Thrive.
