Ask Coach: How Do I Develop A True Leadership Team? Part 2

By Hardin Byars, executive coach with HTG Peer Groups

Q: How do I develop a true leadership team?

Coach: In our previous discussion on leadership teams, we examined how a diverse team enhances your ability to come up with innovative ideas or to solve complex problems. Just to recap, issues generally have three dimensions: tactical (task), relational (people) and systemic (big picture). Your brain tends to have a dominant “channel” among these three and solutions are easily colored by your dimensional bias, often at the expense of a superior solution. A diverse team, however, ensures that all dimensions of a problem are explored adequately.

While beneficial, diverse perspectives can also be a source of conflict. Whether the benefits of diversity override the challenges depends on your ability to create a team mindset … and that takes us back to your original question.

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