title: How resilient are your team members?
abstract: This department highlights change management strategies that may be successful in strategically planning and executing organizational change initiatives. With the goal of presenting practical approaches helpful to nurse leaders advancing organizational change, content includes evidence-based projects, tools, and resources that mobilize and sustain organizational change initiatives. In this article, the author explores personal resilience as an important individual characteristic that affects team functioning and thus organizational adaptability to change. The important role of resilience in strategic leadership for change is presented along with suggestions for evaluating and developing resilience.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Professions, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN 47712, USA. mrshirey@usi.edu
authors.forename: Maria R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Shirey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology