Nine Secrets of Resilient Leaders for Coaching Teams: Creative, Collaborative Solutions for Today’s Organizational Leaders

I really like this book about leadership. It has great insights to develop resilient leaders. It has 9 secrets that summarize what you need to know and learn about leadership. I like the stories and experiences of people incorporated in this book. Leadership requires a lot of continued learning and embracing new experiences. This is a great book to hone your leadership skills. Highly recommended

“Nine Secrets of Resilient Leaders: Coaching High-Performing Teams” is the ultimate guide for anyone in a leadership role or aspiring to be one. It magically transforms outdated leadership models into resilient, empathetic, and adaptable approaches, making it a must-read for all leaders, regardless of the team’s size. The book provides practical real-world applications and is an invaluable resource for leadership growth, offering a fresh perspective on effective leadership in an ever-changing world. However, some readers may raise concerns about the author’s research methods, as they discovered that the book’s foundation relied on a relatively small and non-diverse sample.

I have to say that this book raises more concerns than trust with me. The book opens with this statement “I poured [sic] through hundreds of scholarly articles. I conducted interviews and focus groups with leaders at all levels from supervisors to managers, directors and senior executives. After publishing the research, I felt called to share this wildly important information.” This drew me in to hear more of her ideas, but the more I read, the more it felt like I was reading another generic “how to succeed” book, except that this one was being vague for some reason. It was loaded with ambiguous statements that felt like they were trying to hide more information than it was trying to reveal.In checking the references after reading this book, it became clear why this was. I was surprised to find this author’s research, which I’m assuming is the research she referred to at the beginning of the book, consisted of only 22 people (all women). These numbers seem quite low and non-diverse considering her statement of “I conducted interviews and focus groups with leaders at all levels from supervisors to managers, directors and senior executives.”This feeling of vagueness carries throughout the book for me. There are many statements in the book that made me question whether the author was being honest in her work. I like to she is, but it felt like she was going out of her way so much to aggrandize her research that she was also trying to hide that it wasn’t as complete of research as she made it out to seem. This did not settle with me and tainted a lot of the message. An example of this kind of feel appeared right out of the gates in her book when she invited readers to “share your 4- or 5-star [sic] review on Amazon.” There was just an overall feeling that I did not trust because of this approach to sell what sounded good, but to brush a lot of reality under the rug.That said, I think in a future edition, she could simplify it, make it cleaner, not cover everything, and speak about her year-long research a little more openly. That would feel more genuine. For something that’s been as deeply researched, this felt secretive with a touch of “please don’t shine a light in this corner where it’s vague.”That said, there may be an audience who would find these secrets actually secrets. I found them to be nothing new. Mix nothing new with what I’ve already mentioned, I couldn’t feel good about recommending this book until the author executed a more honest voice (odd, considering how she made a point of discussing that she felt the way to share this was not through scholarly approach. That might have been her mistake).

It’s incredibly challenging to develop resilient teams — I know because I struggled to do so. This book does a good job explaining the principles of leadership in creating these teams. These are incredibly important points, and applying them will hopefully allow you to avoid the mistakes that I made, where I thought I had to be resilient for my team and failed to build them up for my business.Now where this book falls short is in outlining actionable points for leaders that are wading through their day-to-day chaos. The theory and principles are very solid, but are a bit abstract. It’s easy to say that people must practice mindfulness, communicate better, cultivate creativity, etc. But what most of us need is a step-by-step blueprint for how to do that in a real-world application, plus some troubleshooting. Because, as I’ve found, it’s all easier said than done. Between dealing with time management, problematic personalities, staff issues, etc., it’s actually quite difficult to figure out where to start and how to actually make lasting change happen in your teams.Now, it’s still a pretty good book with solid ideas. If you’re new to leadership or building your team, pick it up nevertheless and it will give you the right foundation and approach to being a better team leader.

Everything is changing in business so fast, becoming more adaptable and taking advantage of change is a critical skill. I really liked the way the book was written. Everything was based on academic research which included interviews with business leaders and successful teams. Much more credible than similar leadership books out there, I was very impressed with the research, and Sandra Abbey does a great job pulling everything together into a great resource for leaders and managers.

The book shows you how to achieve a state of leadership mindset to best handle various daily situations in the workplace that may occur to you in managing your own team. It helps you in analyzing every useful aspect allowing you to be prepared for every situation.

This book offers a refreshing and modern perspective on leadership. It emphasizes teamwork, empathy, and creating a culture of empowerment. The practical examples and exercises make it applicable to leaders at any level. A valuable resource for anyone looking to enhance their leadership skills.

let’s get real. If you’re in a leadership position, or even just daydreaming about bossing people around someday, then “Secrets of Resilient Leaders: Coaching High-Performing Teams” is the book you’ve been waiting for. Think of it as the Swiss Army knife of leadership guides—compact, versatile, and it can even open a bottle of wine. Okay, maybe not the wine part, but it’s still pretty darn useful.### The Leadership Glow-UpThis book is like the fairy godmother of leadership guides. It takes the old, tired “command and control” model, waves its magic wand, and transforms it into a resilient, empathetic, and adaptable leadership style. It’s like going from being a flip phone in a world of smartphones to being the latest iPhone—sleek, efficient, and everyone wants to know your secrets.### Real-World Shenanigans, I Mean ApplicationsWhat sets this book apart is its focus on real-world applications. The author doesn’t just throw theories at you; they give you concrete examples, case studies, and exercises that are as practical as a pocket on a shirt. My team’s productivity and morale skyrocketed, and let’s just say, I’m now considered the Dumbledore of leadership in my office.### Leadership for All, Even the Office PlantDon’t be fooled by the title; this isn’t just for the CEOs or those with corner offices and fancy nameplates. Whether you’re leading a team of two or two hundred, or even if your only subordinate is an office plant, the principles in this book apply to you. It’s like a universal remote for leadership—works with any model.### Final Chuckles and WisdomIn a world that changes faster than you can say, “Wait, there’s another software update?”, resilience is the secret sauce to effective leadership. If you’re looking to level up your leadership game and have a few laughs along the way, then do yourself a favor and click that “Add to Cart” button. Your team will throw you a parade, or at least, they won’t hide from you at the water cooler anymore.So go ahead, invest in your leadership glow-up. Your inner resilient leader is waiting to break free, and this book is the key.Yours in Resilient Leadership and Occasional Office Shenanigans,A Very Satisfied (and Entertained) Reader

This inspirational book gives meaningful examples of public figures whose hardships made them into the leaders they became. The author argues that resilience is a hard acquired trait with tremendous impact and benefit to those around the leader and to the companies where these leaders work. The author provides profound inspiration and practical advice on how one can be a pioneer at heart and a bold risk taker.

I’ve been leading teams fro more than 20+ years. I feel it’s more challenging now than it was back then. In my early years of becoming a leader I never understood the concept difference between being a boss verses being a leader. Being a leader is way more effective than just being a boss. Leaders and mentors gain the respect of their teams and employees want to do great for their learder, bosses expect this behavor but usually haven’t earned it. Leaders grow people into better people and employees, bosses tell people what to do and make sure people are working at all times. There is a very big differece. This book is good for overall concepts but needs to do better at teaching how to apply it to the real world and to the many different personalities that a leader is challenged to work with on a daily basis. Personalitily leadership is very much different than just trying to get people to all row the boat in the same direction. Overall this is a good starter book.

I enjoyed reading this book and found it easy to read and to follow.As a leader, Each chapter made me think about the leaders and teams I have worked with as well as my own leadership skills and styles. These concepts are those which I think many leaders know about and perhaps even strive for, and contains new concepts that have not been considered by me before. This book helps to organize important concepts and can help leaders to dive deeper and hopefully refine and put good practices into use and make them into habits. I found some of the principles to be new and fresh which helped me to develop a new way of thinking and I am working on practicing these concepts to build a better team. I would love to see a ‘workbook’ to go along with this book to brainstorm and track progress.Much of what this book talks about can be applied to every aspect of one’s life – even non-leaders. This book is a helpful companion for me as I navigate working with so many different people and personalities as well as helps me to reflect on myself and how I respond to others. I think this book would make a great gift for ‘bosses week’ or Christmas.

I am a leader in the company I work for and I am always looking for ways to be a better leader and get better results for my clients. Being a leader is not easy and I try to read every book I can find that will be helpful and this was one of the few that actually are. I have actually started to implement some of the suggestions in the book and it seems to have a positive effect. The author did a great job and if I owned a company I would make sure all my leaders read this book.

This book provides a roadmap for leadership in any size company to have resilience. I especially enjoyed reading about the true stories of many large and small companies and how they overcame obstacles. You will appreciate the research that went into this book, as I did.

This will really inspire you to lead in any capacity. It breaks down the points of what you need to do succeed and take that next step in your life.