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Overcoming Obstacles: The Essential Elements of Resilience

Madecraft

Overcoming Obstacles: The Essential Elements of Resilience

Madecraft

Instructor: Madecraft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply the T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. framework to build teams that sustain commitment and finish together under pressure.

  • Develop the empathy, respect, and accountability practices that transform individuals into a resilient team.

  • Master kinetic leadership flexibility to read your team's needs and choose the style that drives results.

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July 2026

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There are 10 modules in this course

Building a team that finishes together under pressure takes more than talent. In this module, you'll map the eight essential elements of the T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. framework and see how two decades of world-record adventure racing exposed what really holds resilient teams together.

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2 videos1 assignment

Your team's commitment is tested not at the start line but when the race gets hard and the finish line feels furthest away. In this module, you'll apply the Four Ps of Commitment to sustain team motivation and forward momentum when conditions become difficult.

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2 videos2 assignments

Your team's ability to hold together under pressure comes from the strength of its human connections, not the talent of its individuals. In this module, you'll apply three empathy-driven practices to build the connections that sustain team commitment and trust over the long haul.

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1 video1 assignment

Adversity is not the exception in high-performing teams; it is the constant, and how your team responds to it determines whether they finish together. In this module, you'll apply five adversity management strategies to keep your team moving forward creatively and resiliently when conditions become difficult or unpredictable.

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5 videos2 readings2 assignments

Mutual respect is not something you earn from your team by being the best; it is something you give them, every day, without condition. In this module, you'll apply four practices that build the deep team bonds sustaining resilience under pressure: the Aluminum Can Theory, acting like a team before the feelings return, giving respect as a gift, and believing beyond reason.

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4 videos1 reading2 assignments

Your most ambitious goals will always outrun what any individual can achieve alone. In this module, you'll apply we thinking practices, including the suffer equally principle and the towline strategy, to build a team culture where every member is accountable for getting each other across the finish line.

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2 videos1 assignment

Your team's engagement will never exceed what their sense of ownership allows, and ownership is yours to create. In this module, you'll apply three ownership-building practices to increase a current team member's buy-in: leading with their strengths, asking for their input, and discovering and delivering their individual why.

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1 video1 assignment

The heaviest thing in your pack is your ego, and the best teams leave it at the start line every single day. In this module, you'll demonstrate the three behaviors that put team performance ahead of personal pride: accepting help gracefully, giving away the credit specifically, and letting people lead based on their talents rather than their titles.

What's included

1 video1 assignment

Your team's needs change constantly, and the leader who can only reach for one style will always fall short of the one who can reach for six. In this module, you'll apply all six of Goleman's leadership styles situationally, selecting the right style for the conditions your team is facing to drive both climate and business results.

What's included

1 video1 reading1 assignment

You have built and practiced the full T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. framework; now it is time to put it to work on the biggest goal you can imagine. In this module, you'll set one audacious personal or professional goal, commit to sharing it with two people within 24 hours, and identify the first teammate you will bring into that journey.

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1 video1 assignment

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