14 Mar Who is your primary team? The leadership team you are a member of, or… the team that you lead?

This is a conundrum our facilitators and coaches have seen many leaders face (and debate), at all levels of an organisation.

From our observations, leaders are more likely to refer to the team they lead as their primary team. Meaning this is the team they associate with and identify the most with, rather than the leadership team they are a member of.

What is the impact of this, if any?

For us, it poses more questions:

• Does thinking linearly about ME and MY team, exacerbate siloed thinking and internal competition?
• What is a leader’s responsibility and accountability to their leadership team?
• What relationships do they need to foster with their peers to serve a larger, interconnected structure, and a shared strategy?
• What would be different in the organisation if the leadership team was treated as their primary team?
  
  There are many theories and opinions on which is right and wrong… and we would love to hear your thoughts and experience. CLICK HERE to share your thoughts on our LinkedIn page.
  
  What are our thoughts?
  
  We believe you can be a member of a number of teams simultaneously as long as you:
• Identify the contribution and thinking required for each, and
• Maintain your focus on an enterprise point of view, that is in service of the organisational strategy.
  We look forward to sharing with you the thinking that unlocks teams, and the work we do with leaders, to be an interconnected network of High Performing Teams. Feel free to contact me to chat about your experiences and how we can help.