6 CONDITIONS #011: LEADERSHIP AND AUTHORITY STRUCTURES IN TEAMS

06/26/20 • 31 min

6 Conditions | The Science & Art of Great Teams

6 CONDITIONS #011: LEADERSHIP & AUTHORITY STRUCTURES IN TEAMS: WHERE DOES GREAT TEAM LEADERSHIP COME FROM?

Key Questions: Where does great team leadership come from? What kinds of things should team leaders do and what things are better for the team to do?

In this episode Ruth & Krister explore: Where does great team leadership come from?

1. Leadership as a "function" of a team

2. Team leaders as coaches

3. Four Critical Leadership Functions in Teams: 1) Executing the team task; 2) Monitoring and managing work processes; 3) Designing the team and member roles; 4) Setting overall direction

4. Authority Matrix - 4 Authority Structures: 1) Manager-Led; 2) Self-Managing; 3) Self-Designing; 4) Self-Governing

5. Distributing authority in teams

6. Surfacing authority dynamics in teams

7. When leadership most matters in teams: putting in place the 6 Conditions

8. Team leadership norms

9. Supplemental measures around leadership and authority structures in Team Diagnostic Survey reports

10. Supporting and developing team leaders

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/

6 CONDITIONS #011: LEADERSHIP & AUTHORITY STRUCTURES IN TEAMS: WHERE DOES GREAT TEAM LEADERSHIP COME FROM?

Key Questions: Where does great team leadership come from? What kinds of things should team leaders do and what things are better for the team to do?

In this episode Ruth & Krister explore: Where does great team leadership come from?

1. Leadership as a "function" of a team

2. Team leaders as coaches

3. Four Critical Leadership Functions in Teams: 1) Executing the team task; 2) Monitoring and managing work processes; 3) Designing the team and member roles; 4) Setting overall direction

4. Authority Matrix - 4 Authority Structures: 1) Manager-Led; 2) Self-Managing; 3) Self-Designing; 4) Self-Governing

5. Distributing authority in teams

6. Surfacing authority dynamics in teams

7. When leadership most matters in teams: putting in place the 6 Conditions

8. Team leadership norms

9. Supplemental measures around leadership and authority structures in Team Diagnostic Survey reports

10. Supporting and developing team leaders

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/

Previous Episode

6 CONDITIONS #010: ONGOING TEAM COACHING: PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM AND STRUCTURAL VS. EMERGENT PROCESS COACHING

6 CONDITIONS PODCAST EPISODE #010: ONGOING TEAM COACHING: PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM AND STRUCTURAL VS. EMERGENT PROCESS COACHING

Key Question: How do you support the development of teams over time?

In this episode Ruth & Krister explore:

Team Coaching as a Function of the Team
Team Coaching as a Process of Learning and Change
Punctuated Equilibrium: Time and Transitions in Teams
Team Coaching: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
Motivational Coaching, Strategy Coaching, Educational/Learning-Focused Coaching
Cadences & Rhythms
Structural vs. Emergent Process Coaching
Transfer of Team Coaching Capabilities
Visual Management: Kanban
Team Coaching Readiness

For show notes and more information go to: https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/

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6 CONDITIONS #012: DR. DAVID TATE: APPLYING THE 6 CONDITIONS AND TEAM DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY IN PRIVATE EQUITY

6 Conditions Podcast | Episode #012 | Dr. David Tate: Applying the 6 Conditions and Team Diagnostic Survey in Private Equity

This episode kicks off a series of episodes that will feature the perspectives of certified practitioners who have applied the 6 Team Conditions framework and Team Diagnostic Survey with real world teams. Dr. David Tate joins Ruth Wageman and Krister Lowe for an examination of an applied case involving 13 top teams in the private equity sector. Dr. Tate is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine as well as a lecturer in the Yale University School of Management. He is also the Founder and a Principal at the Tate Consulting Group. David and his team have deep experience in the areas of Executive Coaching & Leadership Development; Family Business Consulting; Organizational Development and Strategic Planning. You can learn more about David at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-tate-780683/ and www.Tate-Consulting.com

Some themes covered in the episode include:

1) David’s journey in the area of team development including his foray into the 6 Team Conditions and Team Diagnostic Survey;

2) Forming a small team of team coaches to assess the team effectiveness of 13 teams in a private equity firm’s investment portfolio;

3) The business case for the initiative;

4) Challenges faced in the overall engagement as well as within the intervention team;

5) Generating buy-in among the CEO’s and top teams in the portfolio for the engagement;

6) The arc and phases of the engagement;

7) Analyzing patterns across the 13 teams using the Team Diagnostic Survey;

8) Special challenges of top teams in private equity backed firms;

9) Key lessons learned and insights for fostering team effectiveness in private equity settings.

10) David’s forthcoming book “Conscious Accountability.”

Watch this and other episodes of the 6 Conditions Podcast at https://6teamconditions.com/6tc-newpodcasts/ as well as on iTunes, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher Radio, Google Play Music, YouTube and other podcast platforms.