{"product_id":"mission-ready-how-to-build-teams-that-perform-under-pressure-hardcover","title":"Mission Ready: How to Build Teams That Perform Under Pressure - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLindy Elkins-Tanton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A powerful guide to building teams that thrive under pressure.\" ―Adena Friedman, chair and CEO, Nasdaq\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe leader of a major NASA mission provides a practical guide to developing teams that excel in high-stakes situations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lindy Elkins-Tanton leads NASA's Psyche mission, a $1.2 billion megaproject that sent a spacecraft on an eight-year journey to investigate an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. Along the way, she has managed challenges ranging from potentially catastrophic technological malfunctions and overbudget subcontractors to fraught email chains about who clogged the toilet. And she has done it all while building an extraordinary team culture. In \u003ci\u003eMission Ready\u003c\/i\u003e, Elkins-Tanton shows other leaders how to do the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMission Ready\u003c\/i\u003e provides a blueprint for building strong teams capable of delivering exceptional results in high-pressure situations. Leaders set the tone, but every team member determines both their own success and the success of the team. Drawing on social science, cognitive science, and organizational science research, Elkins-Tanton gives practical advice on how both individual contributors and leaders can excel. Even for projects that don't involve launching a rocket into space, the lessons in this book will help readers guide their teams to new heights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindy Elkins-Tanton \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor at UC Berkeley, director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, and lead of the NASA Psyche mission, for which she won NASA's Outstanding Public Leadership Medal. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Richmond, California. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52044522553645,"sku":"9781541706033","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/mission-ready-how-to-build-teams-that-perform-under-pressure-hardcover-3432142.webp?v=1780170726","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/mission-ready-how-to-build-teams-that-perform-under-pressure-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}