The Team Coaching Toolkit. Tony Llewellyn

help the team look at itself as an entity and try to regain some perspective. Maintaining the resilience of a team has generally been neglected in both the academic literature and in management best practice. Stoicism and mental toughness are admirable qualities but, as a number of recent studies have shown, every individual has a breaking point. Strong teams sustain their members through difficult times and so the resilience tools provide a useful set of exercises to roll out when everyone is starting to feel the pressure.

      You now have in your hands some of the key tools with which to shape and build the dynamics of your team. To become a master craftsman, however, takes time and practice. Influencing behavioural norms requires a different approach to leadership, based around a coaching philosophy. This is covered in the next chapter.