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Beschreibung
A practical leadership guide for building steady, trusted, high-performing teams when pressure, change, and burnout never let up.
Today's leaders are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources, navigate constant change, prevent burnout, and keep teams engaged while the pressure never seems to stop. In The Unshakable Team, workplace culture expert Heather R. Younger offers a practical, human-centered roadmap for building teams that stay grounded, connected, aligned, and adaptive in the face of uncertainty. Drawing on original research, real-world leadership stories, and her experience facilitating more than 40,000 employee experiences, Younger shows leaders how to move beyond surface-level resilience and build true steadiness. Readers will learn how to create clarity when everything feels urgent, build trust before the stakes are high, reduce burnout through stronger rhythms and expectations, invite honest disagreement without unnecessary conflict, and use practical tools such as the Steadiness Reset and Selective Vulnerability to lead through pressure. This is a book for leaders who are tired of asking people to simply bounce back while the water keeps rising. The Unshakable Team shows how to sustain excellence without sacrificing trust, humanity, or long-term performance. This book is for leaders, managers, executives, HR professionals, team leads, and culture champions who are navigating: · Constant change and uncertainty · Burnout and team fatigue · Hybrid or remote disconnection · Role confusion and competing priorities · Low trust or quiet disengagement · Pressure to perform with fewer resources · Teams that are talented but not fully aligned · The need to sustain excellence without sacrificing people
A practical leadership guide for building steady, trusted, high-performing teams when pressure, change, and burnout never let up.
Today's leaders are being asked to deliver more with fewer resources, navigate constant change, prevent burnout, and keep teams engaged while the pressure never seems to stop. In The Unshakable Team, workplace culture expert Heather R. Younger offers a practical, human-centered roadmap for building teams that stay grounded, connected, aligned, and adaptive in the face of uncertainty. Drawing on original research, real-world leadership stories, and her experience facilitating more than 40,000 employee experiences, Younger shows leaders how to move beyond surface-level resilience and build true steadiness. Readers will learn how to create clarity when everything feels urgent, build trust before the stakes are high, reduce burnout through stronger rhythms and expectations, invite honest disagreement without unnecessary conflict, and use practical tools such as the Steadiness Reset and Selective Vulnerability to lead through pressure. This is a book for leaders who are tired of asking people to simply bounce back while the water keeps rising. The Unshakable Team shows how to sustain excellence without sacrificing trust, humanity, or long-term performance. This book is for leaders, managers, executives, HR professionals, team leads, and culture champions who are navigating: · Constant change and uncertainty · Burnout and team fatigue · Hybrid or remote disconnection · Role confusion and competing priorities · Low trust or quiet disengagement · Pressure to perform with fewer resources · Teams that are talented but not fully aligned · The need to sustain excellence without sacrificing people
Über den Autor

HEATHER R. YOUNGER is a workplace culture strategist, keynote speaker, author, and Founder and CEO of Employee Fanatix, a consulting firm that helps organizations build cultures rooted in listening, trust, and care. Known for translating complex leadership challenges into practical, human-centered action, Heather has facilitated more than 40,000 employee experiences through listening sessions, employee engagement work, and leadership development.
She is the author of multiple books on caring leadership, active listening, employee loyalty, and self-leadership and the host of the Becoming Unshakable podcast. Her work helps leaders, teams, and cultures stop trying to be perfect or performative and start being aware, regulated, and trusted in moments of uncertainty.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xiii
Stability Scan: The Unshakable Team Stability Scan xvii
Introduction: Why an Unshakable Team Is Needed Now xix

Zone 1 The Shoreline: Purpose, Priorities, and Steadying You, First 1
Chapter 1 Steady Yourself 3
Chapter 2 Set the Shoreline 9
Chapter 3 Standards with Boundaries, Define Excellent Without Burnout 23

Zone 2 The Crew: Trust and Care 41
Chapter 4 Trust Under Pressure: Repair Before Blame 43
Chapter 5 Psychological Safety: The Courage to Speak Up 53
Chapter 6 Belonging: People Perform Where They Feel They Matter 61

Zone 3 The Canoe: Systems and Structure 71
Chapter 7 Stabilize the Canoe: Roles That Reduce Wobble 73
Chapter 8 Decision Rights: Who Decides What, When 87
Chapter 9 The Operating Rhythm: Meetings and Rituals That Protect Capacity and Focus 95

Zone 4 The Signal: Communication and Connection 115
Chapter 10 Communication That Reduces Drag 117
Chapter 11 Feedback That Builds Confidence and Keeps Trust Strong 131
Chapter 12 Connection That Sustains Trust Under Pressure 145

Zone 5 The Water: Culture and Conditions 157
Chapter 13 Read the Water: Early Warning Signs and Shifting Conditions 159
Chapter 14 Navigate Conflict Without Capsizing 171
Chapter 15 Change Without Whiplash 183

Conclusion: Steady Enough to Lead 209
Take the Steadiness Index Assessment 217
Employee Fanatix 2025 Team Culture Survey 219
References 225
Acknowledgments 229
About the Author 231
Index 233

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Wirtschaftsratgeber
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781394285273
ISBN-10: 1394285272
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Younger, Heather R.
Hersteller: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 233 x 157 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Heather R. Younger
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.09.2026
Gewicht: 0,544 kg
Artikel-ID: 136284267

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