I share this diagram with other leaders a lot.
It shows that a team goes in different phases and so your leadership style should do.
It's a common mistake to give autonomy to a team that needs direction. I explain the leadership style depending on the team state
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It shows that a team goes in different phases and so your leadership style should do.
It's a common mistake to give autonomy to a team that needs direction. I explain the leadership style depending on the team state
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The diagram is based on Elastic Leadership: Growing Self-Organizing Teams.
A 100% recommended book for anyone in a leadership position.
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A 100% recommended book for anyone in a leadership position.
Attached link 🔗
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This book has been an inspiration in the way I lead today. Which it's totally based on:
👉 Team stage in the 4 stages of a team
👉 Team context and situation at hand
👉 Team knowledge
As a leader, you adapt your leadership style to the team needs, not the other way around
👉 Team stage in the 4 stages of a team
👉 Team context and situation at hand
👉 Team knowledge
As a leader, you adapt your leadership style to the team needs, not the other way around
What I found more interesting is the industry urge to "empower teams" and give "autonomy" to be a "good leader".
Yes, it looks good on paper, yet you need to do that carefully and with responsibility.
Let's see the next situation.
Yes, it looks good on paper, yet you need to do that carefully and with responsibility.
Let's see the next situation.
Looking at the 4 stages of a team. We can see that we want to reach Performing Stage, where the team makes decisions on their own. Which is the same end goal as "self-autonomous teams" described in Elastic Leadership
Let's see the leadership style against the 4 stages.
They somehow match so well, it even seems natural.
They somehow match so well, it even seems natural.
What I aim to show to new leaders is that, even though they want to be in the performing stage with an empowered team, giving them autonomy, they cannot skip the 4 stages of a team and they do need to adapt their leadership style to the team's needs.
And it implies being a Dictator using a Command and Control Style. Which it's good as long as you do your job to move into learning mode to at the end be in performing mode.
The worst we can do as leaders is wrongly read the team situation and adopt a leadership style that harms more than the opposite.
The book Elastic Leadership gives you guidance on how to move between stages/modes. 100% recommended.
And you? As a leader, you were adapting your style to team needs? Do you have any learning to share with us!?
Did a specific post talking about this! I hope you enjoy it and it's useful for you 🧡
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