Building Resilience: Team Retention and Sustainability

2026, Presentation, Team Culture, Team Management

Presenter: Amanda Little and Elise Cronin-Hurley (1902)

Key Takeaway: Build stronger processes & deeper benches. Spend more time doing what you love with your students..

A discussion on methods, barriers, and resources for developing and implementing team retention and succession – long term sustainability. The present and a previous 1902 team lead will walk through processes to help you unpack your team’s current available information, discover what else you might want to develop, and build living resources that are easily transferable to a next generation of leadership. Includes workbook.

About the Presenter:

Elise, 1902 mentor since 2011: business teams & past team lead. FIRST Volunteer: Judge, Judge Advisor, & Champs IM. Board Member for Orlando & Tallahassee Florida RPCs. FIRST Communications Network, founder. 40 years communications experience.
Amanda, 1902 mentor since 2013: current team lead – business teams, Treasurer, and Board member. FIRST Volunteer: Judge, FIRST Lego League Tournament Director, FLL Mentor; 4-H Volunteer; Parent of FLL, FTC & FRC alumni.