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40 min
Built to Bend
The story of how ordinary teams get through mergers, restructures and new bosses, told through real cases from 22 countries.
from £4,500
What your audience takes away
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What good teams say to each other when plans fall apart
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Five habits of teams that bend and do not break
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Built to Bend
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The story behind the book
Built to Bend draws on cases from 22 countries: teams that went through mergers, restructures, new owners and new bosses, and came out still trusting each other. The keynote shares what those teams did differently, in plain language and with no jargon.
How the session runs
40 minutes, structured around one question: why do most changes fail in month three? Hannah walks through the warning signs, the conversations good teams have when plans fall apart, and five habits that help a team bend without breaking. Q&A follows.
What we tailor
We choose the cases that are closest to your own situation, and the habits are framed for the level of your audience, from frontline managers to the board.
Who it is for
Change and transformation events, merger kick-offs and leadership programmes running alongside a restructure. It suits mixed rooms of 100 to 2,000 people, because the stories come from every level of an organisation, not just the top. Signed copies of the book can be arranged for your guests if you order them in advance.
Hannah stays for questions afterwards and is happy to join a panel later in the day.
It pairs well with the Calm Under Pressure workshop on day two.
The teams that last are not the strongest ones. They are the ones that can bend.
She read the room perfectly. Funny, practical and kind, and every leader left with a plan.
Dr Amara Osei
Director of Learning
Kestrel Health
