No matter how good a leadership team feels about itself, and how noble its mission might be, if the organization it leads rarely achieves its goals, then, by definition, it’s simply not a good team. ~Patrick Lencioni “The Advantage”
Patrick Lencioni has another great book out about what it takes to effectively run a business. Unlike his books of the past, this one is not written as a fable but instead contains facts pulled from his years of experience working with businesses.
The quote above jumped out at me because I benefited from a great leadership team and below are some thoughts generated from my experience with this special group of people.
The members of the team should be at the leader’s “level” or above and if not, striving to “get there.”
The leadership team members speak in terms of “we and us,” not “me and I.”
The members of the team should not always agree with the leader nor with each other.
The members of the team view conflict as healthy but do not argue just for the sake of arguing.
The members of the team (including the leader) should be willing to be transparent and vulnerable.
The members of the team should have each others’ backs.
The members of the team should be more focused on the results and not as much on the path to the results.
The members of the team should not take things personally, if they do, they don’t belong. “Get over it” needs to be a way of life for the team.
How is your team looking?
P.E.A.C.E.
3 John 1:8, “Therefore we ought to support people like these that we may be fellow workers for the truth. “
