
A Systems View of Leadership Team Effectivenes
While it is not easy to build a leadership team that functions on all cylinders, the benefits can be dramatic for the team and, more importantly, for the organization it serves.
While it is not easy to build a leadership team that functions on all cylinders, the benefits can be dramatic for the team and, more importantly, for the organization it serves.
Without nurturing leadership teams tend to function as groups of individuals rather than as organizational force multipliers. Below are three practical steps leadership teams can take to ensure their teams get in and stay in alignment.
Collaboration is one of those ‘obvious’ things that leadership teams are supposed to be good at. Unfortunately, many struggle to find an optimal balance between working independently and working collaboratively.
Toxic or even moderately dysfunctional leadership teams can cause long-term harm to leadership team members and their employees. Here’s a look at how leadership teams can recover from toxic environments.
Effective leadership teams serve as stewards for their organizations – the board of directors, investors, employees rely on leadership teams to set direction, allocate resources, monitor progress and overcome roadblocks.
Many of us have also seen magic happen on leadership teams when CEOs shift their view of vulnerability from one of weakness to one of strength and courage.
Executives are five times more productive when working as part of a high-performing leadership team than they are when working as part of an average one. So why do so many CEOs fail in putting one together?
Much like a basketball team, symphony orchestra and Army Ranger unit, it is not too difficult to spot when leadership teams don’t pay sufficient attention to the fundamentals. Here are a few indicators.
Now is the time to jump-start your leadership team by refining the team’s structural foundation and creating an environment where productive dialogue will thrive.
Great leadership teams are critical to an organization’s success and trust is the fuel that helps to make leadership teams thrive. Learn how trust on leadership teams can diminish and what steps CEOs can take to repair trust.
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