Team Organization LO17001

Richard C. Holloway (learnshops@thresholds.com)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 23:01:58 -0800

Replying to LO16996 --

JB--I wonder if perhaps all teams don't have a leader. It's just that
leadership can change so quickly when it's shared and emergent. In this
case, the response from the team might be, "we are the leader."

Bryant, J B wrote:

> My guess is that the teams without leaders that didn't function well were
> affected by non-team players, and a majority of them at that. My guess is
> also that the teams that DID succeed WITH leaders did so in spite of them,
> and perhaps not as fully as they might have otherwise.
>
> I am not saying that no team can succeed with a leader nor all teams
> succeed without them. I am saying that the most effective teams will
> succeed either without or in spite of them.

regards,

Doc

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