Teams need tensegrity. They need followers to have the safety to present opposing views. To create the tension that leads to stability. To good decision making. It is about creating a whole by supporting independence. We need tension – to a point. A team that finds that point lives in a state of tensegrity. They …
Most followers today prefer mission control over command and control. Many young leaders finding themselves in their first position of leadership are biased towards command and control – even if they have had examples of other types of leadership. Sometimes this is because they are concerned that their followers will not accept their ideas and …
Are you suffering from Functional Fixedness about your role and position? Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that impacts an individual’s ability to be creative. When we discuss functional fixedness we normally associate it with how an object may be used. Duncker’s candle problem is often used to demonstrate this bias. The problem is presented as follows: You …
How can leadership promote a culture of risk-taking while maintaining safeguards? Some people think that lowering the threshold for strategic decisions leads to higher risk while maintaining a high level of support from followers? But the opposite is true. Lowering the support needed for a strategic decision leads followers to take less risks – which …
Learning about Flow can help you and your team get into flow! “We pay the most attention to the task at hand when the callange of that task is slightly exceeds our skillset.” That means followers should LET THERE LEADERS KNOW the limits of their comfort zone. That way leaders can challenge their followers and …
#Followership tip of the week: Write out your “How to work with me” Manual. GIVE IT TO YOUR LEADER and ask to have a one on one about it. It can include: Remove the burden of discovering how best to work with you from your leader and team. Express your needs and let everyone know what …
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