Organisational resilience - sports bodies in times of change and uncertainty
Sports organisations face an increasingly complex range of challenges, adversities, and changes which manifest themselves at a pace which can leave those dealing with them reeling. How individuals and teams working within sports organisations can equip themselves to deal with these rapidly shifting environments is a question that can be addressed by the study of organisational resilience.
Organisational resilience seeks to understand and explain how and why organisations adapt and thrive in environments which are complex and uncertain.
Date: 28th Nov 2022
Author: Dr Kirsten Fasey, British Triathlon
Sports organisations face an increasingly complex range of challenges, adversities, and changes which manifest themselves at a pace which can leave those dealing with them reeling. How individuals and teams working within sports organisations can equip themselves to deal with these rapidly shifting environments is a question that can be addressed by the study of organisational resilience.
Organisational resilience seeks to understand and explain how and why organisations adapt and thrive in environments which are complex and uncertain.
Kirsten’s essay is a timely discussion of organisational resilience. Drawn from her academic work, practical application of research methods, structured interventions in sector bodies and experience of the workings of national organisations, Kirsten offers a definition of what resilience is and the characteristics of behaviours and processes that might demonstrate it, as well as providing suggestions about practical steps to enhance collective resilience.
