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Arnold Weissman

No need to worry: resilient teams help
organizations grow through crises

"The only thing that is constant is change" - if this sentence, which is
said to go back as far as Heraclitus of Ephesus (543-475 BC), does
not describe our current situation, then what does? One crisis follows
another: It is difficult to list all the crises that are currently occupying
us. Somehow the feeling creeps over us: The
"New Normal" means crisis, readiness for change, resilience. As a
decision-maker, you are faced with the question of how you can make
your company and yourself robust, crisis-proof, resilient and fit for the
future. Frank Scheelen specifically addresses the topic of resilience in
his new book. He shows how companies and individuals can learn to
deal with crises, grow from them, and even emerge stronger from
crises.
The word "resilience" has its origins in Latin. The verb "resilire"
means something like "to bounce back" or "to rebound. In
psychology, resilience stands for a person's ability to deal
effectively and mindfully with crises and setbacks. Resilience always
has something to do with the ability of systems to successfully
survive crises. Furthermore, it is also about the ability to anticipate
potential crises and to avoid or mitigate them through appropriate
countermeasures. Resilient systems and people have the ability to
adapt to changes in their environment. The results of such abilities
are not invulnerability, but longevity and sustainability.
The last few years have been real crisis years for many of us. The
war in Ukraine, COVID-19, the energy crisis, inflation, the supply
chain crisis, climate change, Brexit, the refugee crisis, Lehman: the
list can be continued almost indefinitely. How to behave now

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