RE: Teams Leaders what are they, and do we need them? - Extension from Re: [xpAdopti

Glen,

> We have a traditional hierarchy with VP's, Directors, and Managers. Our
> senior management team "acts" as a collective with each providing
> specific roles and capabilities. This team is lead by the CIO, BUT there
> is not a single "leader" on this team. It functions by sharing the
> leadership roles. Only the tough (legal, regulation, high dollar)
> decisions get close scrutiny of the single "leader." Otherwise no work
> would get done.

You seem to be saying there is no one person who tells the team what
to do or approves all the decisions. I wouldn't call this not having 
a "leader" and I don't think it reflects what others have seemed to
mean when talking about leadership skills.

[Of course, you can mean what you mean by the word while I'll keep on
meaning what I mean, but I think it might help us to recognize that
even though two people may distinguish between "management" and 
"leadership"  they may not be making the same distinction.]

Not knowing your situation, I'd have to assume that as specific issues
arise, the appropriate leader - in my meaning of the term - steps forward
to make the team function, without anyone telling them to do so. I believe
the same thing happens quite naturally at lower levels in the organization
but that management often thwarts this behavior by trying to appoint the
"leaders."

Charlie Poole
[email protected]
www.pooleconsulting.com
www.charliepoole.org





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