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Not always. In many cases 10 heads = 9 people criticizing/undermining 1. Effective teams are built on people who trust and respect each other. Leadership must
by kempbellt 7y ago
Not always. In many cases 10 heads = 9 people criticizing/undermining 1.
Effective teams are built on people who trust and respect each other. Leadership must be recognized by a majority of group members for any person to take the lead - and any person can lead at any time if they have the group's best interests in mind and are able to demonstrate that.
- jdmichal 7y agoThis is the basis of the book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. A dysfunctional team will tear itself apart given run of the place. There's a lot of ground work that has to go into getting a team to the point where they can even enact what's in the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Tea... There's also a lot of work that goes into maintaining delegations at this level. I really like this article, because this part is actually covered in relatively high detail. Normally it's not addressed at all... "Just delegate!"
- BurningFrog 7y agoI'm thinking of the scenario where 10 people all help solve the problems, vs when 1 person does all the thinking, and then hands out orders to the other 9. Scenario 1 is obviously better, at least if the people are reasonably smart. That doesn't mean all 10 are coequal leaders, and how to organize things so responsibility dynamics work well is... outside the scope of this comment. Also, I don't have a complete answer :)